tarpon
"tarpon" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tarpon” is uncommon English (frequency #62,561 among 27,828 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,561
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Any of several fishes of the family Elopidae or Megalopidae, especially a large silvery game fish.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tarpon |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #62,561 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tarpon” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tarpon is uncommon English at frequency #62,561 among 27,828 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any of several fishes of the family Elopidae or Megalopidae, especially a large silvery game fish.".
tarpon doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Compare Dutch tarpoen. Suggestions that the term derives from a Native American term are unlikely. The correct English form is tarpon, spelled T-A-R-P-O-N.
Definition
- 1Any of several fishes of the family Elopidae or Megalopidae, especially a large silvery game fish.
Etymology
Compare Dutch tarpoen. Suggestions that the term derives from a Native American term are unlikely.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “tarpon”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-A-R-P-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.