# ten

> English word · Numeral · IPA /tɛn/ · frequency rank #959

## Definitions
1. The number occurring after nine and before eleven, represented in Arabic numerals (base ten) as 10 and in Roman numerals as X.

## Etymology
PIE word
 *déḱm̥
From Middle English ten, tene, from Old English tīen, from Proto-West Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥. Cognate with Scots ten, tene (“ten”), West Frisian tsien (“ten”), Saterland Frisian tjoon (“ten”), North Frisian tiin (“ten”). See also teen.

## Easily confused with
- **to** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ten-vs-to)
- **TV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ten-vs-tv)
- **TL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ten-vs-tl)
- **TX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ten-vs-tx)
- **ti** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ten-vs-ti)
- **Tu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ten-vs-tu)
- **Ty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ten-vs-ty)
- **TN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ten-vs-tn)
- **TS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ten-vs-ts)
- **TM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ten-vs-tm)
- **TT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ten-vs-tt)
- **TF** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ten-vs-tf)
- **TJ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ten-vs-tj)
- **tp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ten-vs-tp)
- **TG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ten-vs-tg)
- **TK** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ten-vs-tk)
- **the** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ten-vs-the)
- **two** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ten-vs-two)
- **too** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ten-vs-too)
- **top** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ten-vs-top)

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