# tee

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtiː/ · frequency rank #9,407

## Definitions
1. The name of the Latin script letter T/t.
2. Something shaped like the letter T.
3. Ellipsis of tee-shirt.
4. The process of redirecting output to multiple destinations.

## Etymology
* From Middle English [Term?], from Old English te, from Latin tē (the name of the letter T).
* (computing): By analogy with a T-shaped pipe that sends fluids in two directions.

## Easily confused with
- **to** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tee-vs-to)
- **TV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tee-vs-tv)
- **TL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tee-vs-tl)
- **TX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tee-vs-tx)
- **ti** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tee-vs-ti)
- **Tu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tee-vs-tu)
- **Ty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tee-vs-ty)
- **TN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tee-vs-tn)
- **TS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tee-vs-ts)
- **TM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tee-vs-tm)
- **TT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tee-vs-tt)
- **TF** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tee-vs-tf)
- **TJ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tee-vs-tj)
- **tp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tee-vs-tp)
- **TG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tee-vs-tg)
- **TK** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tee-vs-tk)
- **the** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tee-vs-the)
- **two** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tee-vs-two)
- **too** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tee-vs-too)
- **top** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tee-vs-top)

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