taxa

/ˈta.ʃɐ/

//ˈta.ʃɐ// noun

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The verdict

“taxa” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,590. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,590
frequency rank, Portuguese
917
“T” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pagamento individualizado feito por pessoa física ou jurídica pelo uso de algum serviço público

Corpus desk

Index PT-taxa · taxa · Portuguese

taxa · rank #1,590 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,590
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 917
  • PHOTO-FINISH teatro

Nearest frequency peer: teatro (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “taxa”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “taxa” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

taxa vs tua
50% similar
taxa vs tia
50% similar
taxa vs TEA
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for taxa
PropertyValue
Headwordtaxa
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈta.ʃɐ/
Letters4
Frequency rank#1,590
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “taxa”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).taxacai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “teatro” (#1,591), “terça” (#1,592), “recentemente” (#1,587). Entre 917 lemas com “T”, “taxa” fica em #1,590. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around taxa (IPA /ˈta.ʃɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,590 among 917 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for taxa, with forms such as "atxa", "taax", and "taxxa". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tua", "tia", "TEA", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is taxa, spelled T-A-X-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    pagamento individualizado feito por pessoa física ou jurídica pelo uso de algum serviço público
  2. 2
    coeficiente de juros que incide sobre o valor de algo
  3. 3
    valor determinado que se cobra por alguns serviços (públicos ou privados)
  4. 4
    por extensão, todo imposto ou tributo que se cobra sobre bens e serviços
  5. 5
    instrumento de governança usado para conter o fluxo de mercadorias, em geral importadas, com fins de obter maior equilíbrio nas contas externas ou da inflação pelo controle do consumo pelo aumento dos preços assim tributados ou, ainda, como mecanismo de pressão econômica e política
  6. 6
    valor que se acresce a um serviço por aquilo que excede o básico oferecido em razão de vantagem, uso a mais, etc.
  7. 7
    valor em porcentagem calculada dentro de um conjunto
  8. 8
    (no plural) pagamento em dinheiro ao vigário
  9. 9
    limite; modo
  10. 10
    tipo de razão que representa o quociente de duas quantidades ou grandezas diferentes resultando uma nova grandeza ou medida, frequentemente representada como uma fração, usada para calcular, por exemplo, a velocidade média (distância percorrida e tempo gasto resultando, v.g., em quilômetros por hora), frequência cardíaca, fluxos, etc.
  11. 11
    por extensão, o cálculo usado em matemática financeira para saber-se o rendimento de juros em certo tempo

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how taxa appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Para onde vai a taxa do cartório? Vai para órgãos públicos, estado, fundos, e até a previdência da Justiça.
  2. Vale lembrar que se a taxa básica da economia está em 14,25% ao ano, até mesmo os bancos mais populares cobrarão um valor muito maior.

Synonyms

tarifa

Antonyms

francosubsídio

This word in other languages

tax(English)tasa(Español)taxe(Français)Steuer(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atxa
  • taax
  • taxxa
  • ttaxa
  • txaa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of taxa - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

atxa2taax2taxxa1ttaxa1txaa2
Edit distance from "taxa"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "taxa"?
"taxa" is spelled T-A-X-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈta.ʃɐ/.
What does "taxa" mean?
As a noun, "taxa" means: pagamento individualizado feito por pessoa física ou jurídica pelo uso de algum serviço público
What words are commonly confused with "taxa"?
"taxa" is commonly confused with "tua", "tia", "TEA". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "taxa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "taxa" is /ˈta.ʃɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "taxa" come from?
"taxa" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "taxa", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pede#1,581cruz#1,606bebê#1,561rosa#1,551

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

cujo5 variantsdoce5 variantspele5 variantscair5 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list