teeth
/ˈtiːθ/
"teeth" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“teeth” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #2,600 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #2,600
- frequency rank, English
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - plural of tooth
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | teeth |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtiːθ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #2,600 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “teeth” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for teeth is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈtiːθ/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,600 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for teeth, with forms such as "eteth", "teeht", and "teethh". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "teh", "tet", "test", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English teth, plural of tothe, from Old English tēþ, nominative plural of tōþ, from earlier *tœ̄þ, from Proto-Germanic *tanþiz, nominative plural of *tanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dóntes, nominative plural of *h₃dónts. The correct English form is teeth, spelled T-E-E-T-H.
Definition
- 1plural of tooth
- 2Unpleasant oral sex
Etymology
From Middle English teth, plural of tothe, from Old English tēþ, nominative plural of tōþ, from earlier *tœ̄þ, from Proto-Germanic *tanþiz, nominative plural of *tanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dóntes, nominative plural of *h₃dónts.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: eteth,teeht,teethh,teetth,teteh,teth,tteeth
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of teeth - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “teeth”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-E-E-T-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈtiːθ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “teh” - see the side-by-side comparison. teeth vs teh
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.