tamarin
/ˈtæməɹɪn/noun
tamarin is spelled T-A-M-A-R-I-N: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 128,787th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tamarin means “One of a family of squirrel-sized South American monkeys of the genus Saguinus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tamarin is tamarins.
How many letters and syllables are in tamarin?
| Letters | 7: T-A-M-A-R-I-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 18 million words; the 128,787th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is tamarin?
Tamarin appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 128,787th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce tamarin?
- /ˈtæməɹɪn/
Tamarin has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-tamarin.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with tamarin?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as tamarin.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: martian.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of tamarin
- tamarins plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tamarin mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One of a family of squirrel-sized South American monkeys of the genus Saguinus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tamarin in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense monkey:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | tamarin |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does tamarin come from?
Borrowed from Spanish tamarín (“tamarin”), from tupi-guarani tamari.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).