# tass

> English word · Noun · IPA /tæs/ · frequency rank #46,807

## Definitions
1. A heap, pile.

## Etymology
Partly from Middle English tas (“heap”), from Old French tas (“heap”), from Frankish *tas (“mass, pile”); and partly from Middle English taas (“heap, mow of corn”), from Old English tas (“heap, mow of grain”); both from Proto-Germanic *tasaz, *tassaz (“heap, mow, stack”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- (“to divide, split, section, part, separate”).
Related to Middle Dutch tas, tasse (“heap, pile”, Dutch tas), Middle Low German tas (“mow of hay or wheat”), Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌰𐍃𐍃 (ungatass, “disorganised, irregular”); and possibly also to Old High German zetten (“to straw, fertilise”), Old Norse tað (“spread dung”). See tath.

## Easily confused with
- **TS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tass-vs-ts)
- **tax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tass-vs-tax)
- **tat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tass-vs-tat)
- **TSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tass-vs-tsa)
- **TDS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tass-vs-tds)
- **TOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tass-vs-tos)
- **tau** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tass-vs-tau)
- **tay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tass-vs-tay)
- **tsk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tass-vs-tsk)
- **tse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tass-vs-tse)
- **TMS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tass-vs-tms)
- **TPS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tass-vs-tps)
- **TSM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tass-vs-tsm)
- **Taz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tass-vs-taz)
- **tss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tass-vs-tss)
- **Tsu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tass-vs-tsu)
- **this** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tass-vs-this)
- **test** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tass-vs-test)
- **thus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tass-vs-thus)
- **tips** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tass-vs-tips)

## Common misspellings (4)
`atss`, `tas`, `tsas`, `ttass`

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