tata
interjection, noun
tata is spelled T-A-T-A: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 18,811th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an interjection, tata means “Alternative form of ta-ta” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in tata?
| Letters | 4: T-A-T-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.1 times per million words; the 18,811th 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 tata?
Tata appears 2.1 times per million words in written English, the 18,811th 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 tata?
- US
Tata 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)-Flame,_not_lame-tata.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with tata
Also written: ta-ta (one word or two).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with tata?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as tata.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: atta.
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 tata
- tatas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tata mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
interjection
- 1
Alternative form of ta-ta.
phrase
- 1
Initialism of there are thousands of alternatives (a rebuttal to the political slogan TINA).
noun
- 1
slangAlternative form of ta-ta (“breast”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does tata come from?
Probably hypocoristic, circa 1823.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).