# Tatar

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈtætɑː(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #37,728

## Definitions
1. An agglutinative language belonging to the Altai group of Turkic languages. It is an official language of Tatarstan. There are some eight million speakers spread across Eastern Europe, Russia and Central Asia.
2. Tartary.

## Etymology
From a Turkic language. More at Tatars.

## Easily confused with
- **tear** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tatar-vs-tear)
- **tate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tatar-vs-tate)
- **tsar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tatar-vs-tsar)
- **taxa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tatar-vs-taxa)
- **thar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tatar-vs-thar)
- **total** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tatar-vs-total)
- **titan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tatar-vs-titan)
- **tutor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tatar-vs-tutor)
- **Tatum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tatar-vs-tatum)
- **tater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tatar-vs-tater)
- **tar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tar-vs-tatar)
- **tat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tat-vs-tatar)
- **Tara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tara-vs-tatar)
- **tata** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tata-vs-tatar)
- **taka** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taka-vs-tatar)
- **Tana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tana-vs-tatar)
- **tama** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tama-vs-tatar)
- **taper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taper-vs-tatar)
- **taker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taker-vs-tatar)
- **taser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taser-vs-tatar)

## Common misspellings (7)
`attar`, `taatr`, `tatarr`, `tatra`, `tattar`, `ttaar`, `ttatar`

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