titsvstivoWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: tits is a noun, tivo is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“tits” is a noun and “tivo” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#7,187
“tits” frequency rank
#46,222
“tivo” frequency rank
53409
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tits tivo
Definition plural of tit To digitally record (a television show).

Letter map: tits vs tivo

Shared letters muted; letters that set tits and tivo apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. tits (CVCC) and tivo (CVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
tits
4 ch
tivo

Role in the sentence - tits and tivo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tits is anoun and tivoaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53409, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tits is recorded at frequency rank #7,187, classified as anoun, pronounced /tɪts/. tivo is at rank #46,222, tagged as averb.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 53409, this pair ranks #149,234 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of tits vs tivo

Shared letters: it. Private to "tits": s. Private to "tivo": ov.

"tits" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "tivo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tits ← itts · tist · titss · titts · ttis · ttits
  • tivo ← itvo · tiov · tivvo · ttivo · tvio

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "tits" for "tivo" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "tits" is a noun and "tivo" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "tits" vs "tivo" - which ranks higher?
"tits" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,187 in our English list, against #46,222 for "tivo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "tits" and "tivo". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "tits" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tivo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #149,234 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tits" and "tivo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tik vs tivo". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #149,234 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list