Tamara
/təˈmɑɹə/
"tamara" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Tamara” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #23,122. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,122
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A female given name from Hebrew, regularly used in English since the mid-twentieth century.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tamara · Tamara · English
Tamara · rank #23,122 · 8 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,122
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH tacky
Nearest frequency peer: tacky (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Tamara”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Sulphur
Sulphur
76,883 corpus weight
- tacky
tacky
76,880 corpus weight
- Tamara
Tamara
76,879 corpus weight
- tampering
tampering
76,878 corpus weight
- terminus
terminus
76,875 corpus weight
- Tessa
Tessa
76,874 corpus weight
What this shows “Tamara” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tamara |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /təˈmɑɹə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #23,122 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Tamara”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Tamara (IPA /təˈmɑɹə/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #23,122 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A female given name from Hebrew, regularly used in English since the mid-twentieth century.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Tamara, with forms such as "atmara", "taamra", and "tamaar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "Tara", "Tampa", "tiara", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Of Slavic origin, mainly from Russian Тама́ра (Tamára), name of a 12th-century saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church, cognate with English biblical Tamar, from Hebrew תמר (tāmār, “date palm”). The correct English form is Tamara, spelled T-A-M-A-R-A.
Definition
- 1A female given name from Hebrew, regularly used in English since the mid-twentieth century.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Tamara appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Best Version Media shared a statement about the death of Tamara Durand, the wife of the executive chairman and founder, Dave Durand.
Etymology
Of Slavic origin, mainly from Russian Тама́ра (Tamára), name of a 12th-century saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church, cognate with English biblical Tamar, from Hebrew תמר (tāmār, “date palm”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atmara
- taamra
- tamaar
- tamarra
- tammara
- tamraa
- tmaara
- ttamara
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Tamara - 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.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).