tantra
/ˈtʌntɹə/
"tantra" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tantra” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #45,691. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,691
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A Hindu or Buddhist religious or esoteric text.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tantra · tantra · English
tantra · rank #45,691 · 9 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-MID #45,691
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH Tagore
Nearest frequency peer: Tagore (-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 “tantra”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
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tabasco
54,312 corpus weight
- Tagore
Tagore
54,311 corpus weight
- tantra
tantra
54,310 corpus weight
- tarsus
tarsus
54,309 corpus weight
- tasker
tasker
54,308 corpus weight
- thermoplast…
thermoplastic
54,305 corpus weight
What this shows “tantra” 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 | tantra |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtʌntɹə/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #45,691 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “tantra”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around tantra (IPA /ˈtʌntɹə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,691 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A Hindu or Buddhist religious or esoteric text.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for tantra, with forms such as "atntra", "tanntra", and "tanrta". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "Tara", "tata", "Tanya", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra), from Proto-Indo-European *ten-tlo- /*tn̥-tlo-, from *ten- (“to stretch, extend”) with the suffix *-tlom denoting instruments. Doublet of tar (“string instrument”). The correct English form is tantra, spelled T-A-N-T-R-A.
Definition
- 1A Hindu or Buddhist religious or esoteric text.
Etymology
From Sanskrit तन्त्र (tantra), from Proto-Indo-European *ten-tlo- /*tn̥-tlo-, from *ten- (“to stretch, extend”) with the suffix *-tlom denoting instruments. Doublet of tar (“string instrument”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atntra
- tanntra
- tanrta
- tantar
- tantrra
- tanttra
- tatnra
- tnatra
- ttantra
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tantra - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tantra", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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 (9 here; floor ≥5).