Tanith

name

"tanith" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Tanith” is uncommon English (frequency #98,781 among 27,828 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,781
frequency rank, English
27,828
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A female given name.

Key facts for Tanith
PropertyValue
HeadwordTanith
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters6
Frequency rank#98,781
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Tanith” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Tanith lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Tanith is uncommon English at frequency #98,781 among 27,828 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A female given name.".

No misspelling variants are generated for Tanith in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is Tanith, spelled T-A-N-I-T-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    A female given name.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Tanith"?
"Tanith" is spelled T-A-N-I-T-H.
What does "Tanith" mean?
As a proper noun, "Tanith" means: A female given name.
What language does "Tanith" come from?
"Tanith" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “Tanith”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is T-A-N-I-T-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list