# tells

> English word · Verb · IPA /tɛlz/ · frequency rank #1,740

## Definitions
1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tell

## Easily confused with
- **till** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tells-vs-till)
- **toll** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tells-vs-toll)
- **tens** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tells-vs-tens)
- **Tess** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tells-vs-tess)
- **terms** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tells-vs-terms)
- **Texas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tells-vs-texas)
- **tests** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tells-vs-tests)
- **tools** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tells-vs-tools)
- **texts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tells-vs-texts)
- **tends** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tells-vs-tends)
- **tesla** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tells-vs-tesla)
- **tents** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tells-vs-tents)
- **telly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tells-vs-telly)
- **Tully** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tells-vs-tully)
- **tilly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tells-vs-tilly)
- **tulle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tells-vs-tulle)
- **trellis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tells-vs-trellis)
- **Tel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tel-vs-tells)
- **tell** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tell-vs-tells)
- **tall** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tall-vs-tells)

## Common misspellings (6)
`etlls`, `tellss`, `tels`, `telsl`, `tlels`, `ttells`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/tells