tam o'shanter
/taməˈʃantər/
"tam-o-shanter" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tam o'shanter” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A type of woolen hat developed in Scotland; a toorie bunnet.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tam-o-shanter · tam o'shanter · English
tam o'shanter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tam o'shanter |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /taməˈʃantər/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “tam o'shanter” in English
Rare enough to double-check
tam o'shanter is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /taməˈʃantər/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A type of woolen hat developed in Scotland; a toorie bunnet.".
tam o'shanter doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: After Tam O’Shanter, from the eponymous poem by Robert Burns. The correct English form is tam o'shanter, spelled T-A-M- -O-'-S-H-A-N-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1A type of woolen hat developed in Scotland; a toorie bunnet.
Etymology
After Tam O’Shanter, from the eponymous poem by Robert Burns.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.