tellin
/ˈtɛlɪn/noun
tellin is spelled T-E-L-L-I-N: 6 letters. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,070th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tellin means “A marine bivalve mollusc, of the genus Tellina, that burrows in the sand, from where it siphons detritus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tellin is tellins.
How many letters and syllables are in tellin?
| Letters | 6: T-E-L-L-I-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 25,070th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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 tellin?
Tellin appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,070th 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 tellin?
- UK /ˈtɛlɪn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-tellin.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with tellin?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as tellin from its last stressed vowel (/ɛlɪn/, British pronunciation):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: lentil, lintel.
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 tellin
- tellins plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tellin mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A marine bivalve mollusc, of the genus Tellina, that burrows in the sand, from where it siphons detritus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tellin in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense marine bivalve mollusc:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | telline |
| Portuguese | conquilha |
| Spanish | coquina |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does tellin come from?
From New Latin Tellina, from Ancient Greek τελλίνη (tellínē, “a small bivalve shellfish”)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).