Which to use
“tax” is a noun and “than” is a conjunction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,800
- “tax” frequency rank
- #13,187
- “than” frequency rank
- 48987
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tax | than |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | apócope de táxi | que (usado em comparações) |
Letter map: tax vs than
Shared letters muted; letters that set tax and than apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. tax runs 3 letters (CVC) against than's 4 (CCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - tax and than
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tax is anoun and thanaconjunction. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48987, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tax is recorded at frequency rank #35,800, classified as anoun, pronounced /taks/. than is at rank #13,187, tagged as aconj.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 48987, this pair ranks #16,106 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tax vs than
Shared letters: at. Private to "tax": x. Private to "than": hn.
"tax" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "than" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- than ← htan · tahn · thann · thhan · thna · tthan
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "tax" for "than" ever safe?
Frequency check: "tax" vs "than" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "tax" and "than". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "tax" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "than" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #16,106 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tax" and "than" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tax vs til". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #16,106 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.