Tatar
/ˈtɑtɚ/noun, adjective
Tatar is spelled T-A-T-A-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,459th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Tatar means “A person belonging to one of several Turkic ethnic groups identified or identifying as "Tatar" in Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Tatar is Tatars.
How many letters and syllables are in Tatar?
| Letters | 5: T-A-T-A-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 37,459th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 Tatar?
Tatar appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,459th 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 Tatar?
- /ˈtɑːtə(ɹ)/
- /ˈtætɑː(ɹ)/
- US /ˈtɑtɚ/
Tatar 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)-Vealhurl-Tatar.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with Tatar?
5 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as Tatar from its last stressed vowel (/ɑtəɹ/):
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 Tatar
- Tatars plural
- more Tatar comparative
- most Tatar superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Tatar mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A person belonging to one of several Turkic ethnic groups identified or identifying as "Tatar" in Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia.
- 2
A Volga Tatar of Tatarstan, the bearers of the unqualified "Tatar" ethnonym after national delimitation in the Soviet Union.
adjective
- 1
Of or relating to the people or culture of Tatars.
Tatar customs
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tatar in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | Tartare, Tatar, Tatare , tatar, tatare |
| German | Tatar, Tatarin , tatarisch |
| Portuguese | tártaro, tártara |
| Spanish | tártaro |
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 Tatar come from?
From Old Turkic 𐱃𐱃𐰺 (t¹t¹r¹). More at Tatars. Doublet of Tartar and tartare.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).