# tics vs tio

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### tics
*verb · IPA /tɪks/ · frequency rank #45,122*
third-person singular simple present indicative of tic

### tio
*intj · IPA [tjoʔ˨˩] · frequency rank #43,420*
Correct; that's right.

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