teste
/ˈtɛsti/noun
teste is spelled T-E-S-T-E: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, teste means “A witness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of teste is testes.
How many letters and syllables are in teste?
| Letters | 5: T-E-S-T-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 111,684th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like |
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).
How common is teste?
Teste appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 111,684th 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 teste?
- /ˈtɛsti/
- /ˈtɛsteɪ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-teste.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-teste2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with teste
Sounds like: testy (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of teste
- testes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does teste mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A witness.
- 2
The witnessing or concluding clause, duty attached; said of a writ, deed, etc.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does teste come from?
So called from Latin teste, ablative of testis (“a witness”), because this was formerly the initial word in the clause.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).