tara
/tæˈɹɑː/interjection, noun
tara is spelled T-A-R-A: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 4.6 times per million words in written English, the 11,870th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Tara, the name). As an interjection, tara means “Goodbye” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in tara?
| Letters | 4: T-A-R-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.6 times per million words; the 11,870th 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 tara?
Tara appears 4.6 times per million words in written English, the 11,870th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Tara, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce tara?
- /tæˈɹɑː/
- /təˈɹɑː/
As a noun (“The tern”): /ˈtɑːrɑː/.
Tara has 2 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-tara.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with tara
Also written: ta-ra (one word or two), tar, tare, tarr.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with tara?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as tara.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: rata.
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 tara
- ta-ra
- turrah
- taras plural
- tar
- tare
- tarr
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tara mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
interjection
- 1
IrelandUKinformalGoodbye.
noun
- 1
IndiaA small silver coin current in South India at the time of the arrival of the Portuguese.
- 2
A plant native to Peru, the spiny holdback, Tara spinosa
- 3
rareThe tern.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does tara come from?
Possibly from Irish tabhair aire (“take care”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).