# TIA vs Tic

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### TIA
*abbrev · IPA [ˌteːʔiˈʔaː] · frequency rank #44,971*
transitorische ischämische Attacke

### Tic
*noun · IPA [tɪk] · frequency rank #38,446*
unkontrollierte Muskelkontraktion

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/tia-vs-tic