Tamara
/təˈmɑɹə/
"tamara" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Tamara” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #23,122 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #23,122
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A female given name from Hebrew, regularly used in English since the mid-twentieth century.
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) |
Where “Tamara” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Tamara is 6 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /təˈmɑɹə/. Corpus data places it at rank #23,122 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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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Using “Tamara”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-A-M-A-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /təˈmɑɹə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Tara” - see the side-by-side comparison. Tamara vs Tara
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.