tej
[ˈtɛd͡ʒ]
"tej" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tej” is uncommon English (frequency #62,564 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,564
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A type of honey wine or mead from Ethiopia and Eritrea typically served in a specialized glass vessel known as a berele.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tej · tej · English
tej · rank #62,564 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,564
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH tendinitis
Nearest frequency peer: tendinitis (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “tej”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- tankard
tankard
37,442 corpus weight
- tarpon
tarpon
37,440 corpus weight
- tej
tej
37,437 corpus weight
- tendinitis
tendinitis
37,436 corpus weight
- terrarium
terrarium
37,434 corpus weight
- tetrahedral
tetrahedral
37,433 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “tej” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tej |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtɛd͡ʒ] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #62,564 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “tej” in English
Rare enough to double-check
tej is uncommon English at frequency #62,564 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtɛd͡ʒ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A type of honey wine or mead from Ethiopia and Eritrea typically served in a specialized glass vessel known as a berele.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for tej, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Amharic ጠጅ (ṭäǧ, “honey wine, mead”). The correct English form is tej, spelled T-E-J.
Definition
- 1A type of honey wine or mead from Ethiopia and Eritrea typically served in a specialized glass vessel known as a berele.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tej appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She smells the mingling odors of sweat and tej inside the hot room.
Amharic for “honey wine,” tej is an Ethiopian drink that kings, queens, and other royals have enjoyed for thousands of years.[…]¶ Tej is an ancient, fermented spirit mostly made from raw honey, water, and wild yeast.[…]¶ They toasted each other with the tej she brought.
Etymology
Borrowed from Amharic ጠጅ (ṭäǧ, “honey wine, mead”).
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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