# Tans

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #43,954

## Definitions
1. The Black and Tans, a British irregular army group operating against Irish republicans in the War of Independence 1920/21.

## Easily confused with
- **TN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tans-vs-tn)
- **TS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tans-vs-ts)
- **tax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tans-vs-tax)
- **ten** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tans-vs-ten)
- **ton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tans-vs-ton)
- **tap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tans-vs-tap)
- **tin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tans-vs-tin)
- **tar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tans-vs-tar)
- **tao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tans-vs-tao)
- **tat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tans-vs-tat)
- **TDS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tans-vs-tds)
- **TNT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tans-vs-tnt)
- **TOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tans-vs-tos)
- **tau** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tans-vs-tau)
- **tay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tans-vs-tay)
- **tun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tans-vs-tun)
- **TMS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tans-vs-tms)
- **TPS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tans-vs-tps)
- **Taz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tans-vs-taz)
- **tss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tans-vs-tss)

## Common misspellings (5)
`tanns`, `tanss`, `tasn`, `tnas`, `ttans`

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