tante
/ˈtɑn.tə/
"tante" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tante” is uncommon English (frequency #71,148 among 27,828 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,148
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A Jewish aunt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tante |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtɑn.tə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #71,148 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tante” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tante is uncommon English at frequency #71,148 among 27,828 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtɑn.tə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A Jewish aunt.".
Zero misspellings are on record for tante in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Yiddish טאַנטע (tante), from German Tante, from French tante. The correct English form is tante, spelled T-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1A Jewish aunt.
Etymology
Borrowed from Yiddish טאַנטע (tante), from German Tante, from French tante.
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 “tante”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-A-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.