# Tessa vs tss

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Tessa
*name · IPA /ˈtɛsə/ · frequency rank #23,127*
A diminutive of the female given name Teresa, from Ancient Greek.

### tss
*intj · IPA [t͡sːː] · frequency rank #42,965*
A hissing sound.

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