Tanis
/ˈteɪnɪs/
"tanis" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Tanis” is uncommon English (frequency #68,685 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,685
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A historical city in Egypt, situated on the delta of the Nile.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tanis · Tanis · English
Tanis · rank #68,685 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,685
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH Targ
Nearest frequency peer: Targ (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Tanis”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- tailpipe
tailpipe
31,320 corpus weight
- Takeo
Takeo
31,319 corpus weight
- Tanis
Tanis
31,316 corpus weight
- Targ
Targ
31,315 corpus weight
- Tarleton
Tarleton
31,314 corpus weight
- tase
tase
31,313 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Tanis” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tanis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈteɪnɪs/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #68,685 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Tanis” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Tanis is uncommon English at frequency #68,685 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈteɪnɪs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A historical city in Egypt, situated on the delta of the Nile.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Tanis in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin Tanis. The correct English form is Tanis, spelled T-A-N-I-S.
Definition
- 1A historical city in Egypt, situated on the delta of the Nile.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Tanis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The Ark. If it is there, at Tanis, then it is something that man was not meant to disturb. Death has always surrounded it. It is not of this earth.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Tanis.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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