# tarot

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtæɹəʊ/ · frequency rank #24,927

## Definitions
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.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French tarot, from Italian tarocco. Compare tarok, German Tarock.

## Easily confused with
- **tat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tarot-vs-tat)
- **tot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tarot-vs-tot)
- **Troy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tarot-vs-troy)
- **tart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tarot-vs-tart)
- **toro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tarot-vs-toro)
- **trot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tarot-vs-trot)
- **tort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tarot-vs-tort)
- **toot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tarot-vs-toot)
- **tarp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tarot-vs-tarp)
- **taut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tarot-vs-taut)
- **thot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tarot-vs-thot)
- **throw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tarot-vs-throw)
- **trout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tarot-vs-trout)
- **tarts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tarot-vs-tarts)
- **taunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tarot-vs-taunt)
- **throb** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tarot-vs-throb)
- **Tyrol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tarot-vs-tyrol)
- **throat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tarot-vs-throat)
- **teapot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tarot-vs-teapot)
- **tar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tar-vs-tarot)

## Common misspellings (7)
`atrot`, `taort`, `tarott`, `tarrot`, `tarto`, `traot`, `ttarot`

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