English homophones
taro/tarot
"tarot" (#24,927 written frequency) beats "taro" (#31,374) in this 2-word /ˈtæɹəʊ/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈtæɹəʊ/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "tarot" leads at #24,927, with "taro" trailing at #31,374.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "taro" then splits - "taro" (4 letters) vs "tarot" (5).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across taro, tarot: aort. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
taro
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCV
Inventory aort · no private letters vs siblings
tarot
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCVC
Inventory aort · no private letters vs siblings
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "taro" when you mean: Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.
- Write "tarot" when you mean: A card game played in various different variations.
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.
Each spelling
Nearby English homophone groups
What to do next
You've reviewed the 2-spelling cluster (taro, tarot). Here's where to go from here.
- "tarot" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #24,927 in English). Full entry
- Among English homophone groups, a cluster of 2 spellings ranks #133 by size (1,007 groups in this vintage). Corpus statistics
- Explore a nearby 2-spelling cluster: Thor · thaw. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "taro, tarot" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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