# Tees

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈtiːz/ · frequency rank #19,230

## Definitions
1. A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.
2. A river in the counties of County Durham and North Yorkshire, north east England. The river flows through the city of Middlesbrough.

## Etymology
From Old English *Tēs(e), but uncertain beyond that. Possibly from Proto-Brythonic *tes (“heat”), which would be in reference to the “boiling” surging water of so much of the upper river, especially at places like Cauldron Snout.

## Easily confused with
- **TS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tees-vs-ts)
- **the** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tees-vs-the)
- **ten** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tees-vs-ten)
- **tie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tees-vs-tie)
- **toe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tees-vs-toe)
- **Tel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tees-vs-tel)
- **Tex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tees-vs-tex)
- **TOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tees-vs-tos)
- **ter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tees-vs-ter)
- **Tue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tees-vs-tue)
- **tre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tees-vs-tre)
- **teh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tees-vs-teh)
- **tse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tees-vs-tse)
- **TMS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tees-vs-tms)
- **tek** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tees-vs-tek)
- **TPS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tees-vs-tps)
- **tet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tees-vs-tet)
- **tye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tees-vs-tye)
- **Teo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tees-vs-teo)
- **tss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tees-vs-tss)

## Common misspellings (5)
`etes`, `teess`, `tes`, `tese`, `ttees`

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