Ts

Name: Ts, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[teːs]

/[teːs]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Ts” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #9,470) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#9,470
frequency rank, German: 2,684
“T” headwords: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs T

Corpus desk

Index DE-ts · Ts · German

Ts · rank #9,470 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #9,470
LEN-SHORT 2 letters
VOW-0 0 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-MID 2,684
PHOTO-FINISH Triumph

Nearest frequency peer: Triumph (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

TG

90,534
Tonne

90,533
Triumph

90,532
Ts

90,531
Tüte

90,530
unfair

90,529

What this shows Balken platzieren „Ts“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Ts vs TV

50% similar

Ts vs tu

0% similar

Ts vs Tz

50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Ts
Property	Value
Headword	Ts
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[teːs]
Letters	2
Frequency rank	#9,470
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „Ts“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Tsliegt auf dieser Marke:

#9,470

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Triumph“ (#9,469), „Tüte“ (#9,471), „Tonne“ (#9,468). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „Ts“ bei #9,470. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for Ts is neighbouring look-alikes ("TV", "tu", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [teːs]. Frequency #9,470 among 2,684 “T” headwords. 5 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

No misspelling variants are generated for Ts in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "TV", "tu", "Tz", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Ts, spelled T-S.

Definition

1
Nominativ Plural des Substantivs T
2
Genitiv Singular des Substantivs T
3
Genitiv Plural des Substantivs T
4
Dativ Plural des Substantivs T
5
Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs T

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Ts"?

"Ts" is spelled T-S. The IPA pronunciation is [teːs].

What does "Ts" mean?

As a noun, "Ts" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs T

What words are commonly confused with "Ts"?

"Ts" is commonly confused with "TV", "tu", "Tz". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "Ts"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ts" is [teːs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Ts" come from?

"Ts" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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