tarot
/ˈtæ.ɹoʊ/noun
tarot is spelled T-A-R-O-T: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,745th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tarot means “A card game played in various different variations” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tarot is tarots.
How many letters and syllables are in tarot?
| Letters | 5: T-A-R-O-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 24,745th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 tarot?
Tarot appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,745th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce tarot?
- UK /ˈtæ.ɹəʊ/
- US /ˈtæ.ɹoʊ/
- /ˈtɛ(ə).ɹoʊ/
Tarot 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)-Knabrupt-tarot.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with tarot
Sounds like: taro (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with tarot?
9 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as tarot from its last stressed vowel (/æɹoʊ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: torta.
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 tarot
- tarots plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tarot mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A card game played in various different variations.
- 2
Any of the set of 78 playing cards (divided into five suits, including one of permanent trumps), often used for mystical divination.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tarot in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does tarot come from?
Borrowed from French tarot, from Italian tarocco. Compare tarok, German Tarock.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).