# tantra

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtʌntɹə/ · frequency rank #45,691

## Definitions
1. A 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”).

## Easily confused with
- **Tara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tantra-vs-tara)
- **tata** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tantra-vs-tata)
- **Tanya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tantra-vs-tanya)
- **tundra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tantra-vs-tundra)
- **tantrum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tantra-vs-tantrum)
- **tantric** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tantra-vs-tantric)
- **Tana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tana-vs-tantra)
- **Tania** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tania-vs-tantra)
- **tanto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tanto-vs-tantra)
- **Tanaka** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tanaka-vs-tantra)
- **Tamara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tamara-vs-tantra)

## Common misspellings (9)
`atntra`, `tanntra`, `tanrta`, `tantar`, `tantrra`, `tanttra`, `tatnra`, `tnatra`, `ttantra`

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