tatou
noun
tatou is spelled T-A-T-O-U: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tatou means “The giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tatou is tatous.
How many letters and syllables are in tatou?
| Letters | 5: T-A-T-O-U |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 65 million words; the 252,559th 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; 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 tatou?
Tatou appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th 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).
What rhymes with tatou?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as tatou.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: outta.
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 tatou
- tatous plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tatou mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does tatou come from?
From Old Tupi tatu (“armadillo”), possibly via French. Compare tatouay.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).