# teeth

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtiːθ/ · frequency rank #2,600

## Definitions
1. plural of tooth
2. Unpleasant 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.

## Easily confused with
- **teh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teeth-vs-teh)
- **tet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teeth-vs-tet)
- **test** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teeth-vs-test)
- **text** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teeth-vs-text)
- **tent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teeth-vs-tent)
- **Toth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teeth-vs-toth)
- **truth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teeth-vs-truth)
- **tests** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teeth-vs-tests)
- **texts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teeth-vs-texts)
- **tweet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teeth-vs-tweet)
- **tooth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teeth-vs-tooth)
- **tenth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teeth-vs-tenth)
- **tents** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teeth-vs-tents)
- **theta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teeth-vs-theta)
- **tenet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teeth-vs-tenet)
- **tenets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teeth-vs-tenets)
- **tee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tee-vs-teeth)
- **tech** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tech-vs-teeth)
- **teen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teen-vs-teeth)
- **Tees** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tees-vs-teeth)

## Common misspellings (7)
`eteth`, `teeht`, `teethh`, `teetth`, `teteh`, `teth`, `tteeth`

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