# taro

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtæɹəʊ/ · frequency rank #31,374

## Definitions
1. Colocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.
2. Any of several other species with similar corms and growth habit in Colocasia, Alocasia etc.
3. Food from a taro plant.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Māori taro. Doublet of kalo, from Hawaiian.

## Easily confused with
- **to** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taro-vs-to)
- **two** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taro-vs-two)
- **too** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taro-vs-too)
- **try** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taro-vs-try)
- **tax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taro-vs-tax)
- **tho** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taro-vs-tho)
- **tri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taro-vs-tri)
- **tor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taro-vs-tor)
- **tat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taro-vs-tat)
- **tau** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taro-vs-tau)
- **ter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taro-vs-ter)
- **tay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taro-vs-tay)
- **tre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taro-vs-tre)
- **tra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taro-vs-tra)
- **tru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taro-vs-tru)
- **TRP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taro-vs-trp)
- **tur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taro-vs-tur)
- **Teo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taro-vs-teo)
- **TKO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taro-vs-tko)
- **Taz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taro-vs-taz)

## Common misspellings (5)
`atro`, `taor`, `tarro`, `trao`, `ttaro`

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