# tens

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #8,493

## Definitions
1. An inexact quantity or number, typically understood to be between 10 or 20 and 100.
2. A pair of tens.
3. The period from a year ending in 10 to a year ending in 19 (mostly referring to the 1910s or 2010s); the teens, the oneties.

## Easily confused with
- **TN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tens-vs-tn)
- **TS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tens-vs-ts)
- **ton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tens-vs-ton)
- **tin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tens-vs-tin)
- **Tex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tens-vs-tex)
- **TNT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tens-vs-tnt)
- **TOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tens-vs-tos)
- **ter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tens-vs-ter)
- **tun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tens-vs-tun)
- **TMS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tens-vs-tms)
- **TPS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tens-vs-tps)
- **tet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tens-vs-tet)
- **Teo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tens-vs-teo)
- **tss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tens-vs-tss)
- **this** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tens-vs-this)
- **then** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tens-vs-then)
- **term** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tens-vs-term)
- **test** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tens-vs-test)
- **text** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tens-vs-text)
- **thus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tens-vs-thus)

## Common misspellings (6)
`etns`, `tenns`, `tenss`, `tesn`, `tnes`, `ttens`

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