tej
[ˈtɛd͡ʒ]
"tej" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tej” is uncommon English (frequency #62,564 among 27,828 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,564
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A type of honey wine or mead from Ethiopia and Eritrea typically served in a specialized glass vessel known as a berele.
| 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) |
Where “tej” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tej is uncommon English at frequency #62,564 among 27,828 “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.
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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Using “tej”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-E-J - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.