teg
/tɛɡ/
"teg" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“teg” is uncommon English (frequency #88,917 among 27,828 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,917
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A sheep (originally a ewe) in its second year, or from the time it is weaned until it is first shorn.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | teg |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tɛɡ/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #88,917 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “teg” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
teg is uncommon English at frequency #88,917 among 27,828 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /tɛɡ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for teg, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: First used to contemptuously refer to a woman, then later applied to a ewe in her second year. Possibly borrowed from Swedish tacka (“ewe”). The correct English form is teg, spelled T-E-G.
Definition
- 1A sheep (originally a ewe) in its second year, or from the time it is weaned until it is first shorn.
- 2A doe in its second year.
- 3A child's tooth.
Etymology
First used to contemptuously refer to a woman, then later applied to a ewe in her second year. Possibly borrowed from Swedish tacka (“ewe”).
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 “teg”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-E-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /tɛɡ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.