Tiddy or titty?
tiddy is a noun meaning “The European wren”; titty is a noun meaning “A breast”. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) titty is about 8.9 times as common as tiddy.
What is the difference between tiddy and titty?
| tiddy | titty | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun, adjective | noun |
| Meaning | UKThe European wren | A kitten ScotlandcolloquialA sister or girl |
| Example | a splendid tiddy in these trying times | That hot bird will show you her titties for a fiver, mate! |
| Forms | tiddies | titties |
| Pronunciation | /ˈtɪdi/ | /ˈtɪti/ [ˈtʰɪɾi] |
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words | 1.0 times per million words |
Sources: tiddy and titty in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of tiddy and titty
tiddy
- 1
UKThe European wren
- 2
UKinformalAlternative form of diddy (“very small, tiny”)
- 3
vulgarAlternative spelling of titty (“a breast”)
a splendid tiddy in these trying times
titty
- 1
slangvulgarA breast
That hot bird will show you her titties for a fiver, mate!
- 2
slangvulgarA nipple
- 3
A kitten
- 4
ScotlandcolloquialA sister or girl
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, tiddy or titty?
tiddy appears about once in every 9 million words; titty 1.0 times per million words.
tiddy about once in every 9 million wordstitty 1.0 times per million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).