# tango

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtæ̞ŋɡəʊ̯/ · frequency rank #13,436

## Definitions
1. A standard ballroom dance in 4/4 time; or a social dance, the Argentine tango.
2. A Spanish flamenco dance with different steps from the Argentine.
3. A piece of music suited to such a dance.
4. A dark orange colour shade; deep tangerine

## Etymology
Borrowed from Rioplatense Spanish tango, probably from a Niger-Congo language (compare Ibibio tamgu (“to dance”)).

## Easily confused with
- **tao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tango-vs-tao)
- **tank** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tango-vs-tank)
- **ting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tango-vs-ting)
- **tong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tango-vs-tong)
- **tung** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tango-vs-tung)
- **Togo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tango-vs-togo)
- **taro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tango-vs-taro)
- **Tans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tango-vs-tans)
- **Teng** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tango-vs-teng)
- **tanks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tango-vs-tanks)
- **Tanya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tango-vs-tanya)
- **Tonga** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tango-vs-tonga)
- **Tania** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tango-vs-tania)
- **tinge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tango-vs-tinge)
- **thang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tango-vs-thang)
- **tongs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tango-vs-tongs)
- **tonto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tango-vs-tonto)
- **tangy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tango-vs-tangy)
- **Tsang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tango-vs-tsang)
- **tanto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tango-vs-tanto)

## Common misspellings (7)
`atngo`, `tagno`, `tanggo`, `tanngo`, `tanog`, `tnago`, `ttango`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/tango