teg
/tɛɡ/noun
teg is spelled T-E-G: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 88,353rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, teg means “A sheep (originally a ewe) in its second year, or from the time it is weaned until it is first shorn” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of teg is tegs.
How many letters and syllables are in teg?
| Letters | 3: T-E-G |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words; the 88,353rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is teg?
Teg appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 88,353rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce teg?
- /tɛɡ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-teg.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with teg?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as teg.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: get.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of teg
- tegs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does teg mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
UKdatedA sheep (originally a ewe) in its second year, or from the time it is weaned until it is first shorn.
- 2
UKdatedA doe in its second year.
- 3
UKA child's tooth.
noun
- 1
Abbreviation of thromboelastography.
- 2
Abbreviation of thromboelastograph.
- 3
Abbreviation of thromboelastogram.
- 4
Initialism of thermoelectric generator.
- 5
Acronym of triethylene glycol.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does teg come from?
First used to contemptuously refer to a woman, then later applied to a ewe in her second year. Possibly borrowed from Swedish tacka (“ewe”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).