taxis or taxies?

texidriver · Jun 10, 2005

taxis or taxies...which is used more?

which do you use?

Edwin · Jun 10, 2005

Whenever you're in doubt, try both forms on Google. In this case, there are 4,190,000 results for "taxis" and just 45,500 for "taxies" so clearly taxis is correct.

vvanker · Jun 10, 2005

Edwin said:
Whenever you're in doubt, try both forms on Google. In this case, there are 4,190,000 results for "taxis" and just 45,500 for "taxies" so clearly taxis is correct.

Google is not necessarily "correct"

Webster says..Inflected Form(s): plural tax·is /-sEz/; also tax·ies

Google just goes by the numbers, but offers you taxis on taxies

what about...taxi's...156,000!

some people see...tax is but want tax ees.

grantw · Jun 10, 2005

Googles results of 4,190,000 for Taxis suggests that is the way most people will spell it, therefore your alternative spelling has very little value compared to the 'correct' spelling.

UK overture also shows a paltry 7 searches a month for 'taxies' without the extension, 0 with the extension.

Grant