thiam
"thiam" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“thiam” is uncommon English (frequency #96,571 among 27,828 “T” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,571
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Alternative form of diam; shut up!
Corpus desk
Index EN-thiam · thiam · English
thiam · rank #96,571 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,571
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 27,828
- PHOTO-FINISH thermistor
Nearest frequency peer: thermistor (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “thiam”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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terraform
3,437 corpus weight
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tessellation
3,436 corpus weight
- theremin
theremin
3,432 corpus weight
- thermistor
thermistor
3,431 corpus weight
- thiam
thiam
3,430 corpus weight
- toastmaster
toastmaster
3,423 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “thiam” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | thiam |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #96,571 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “thiam” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
thiam is uncommon English at frequency #96,571 among 27,828 “T” headwords, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of diam; shut up!".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for thiam, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Hokkien 恬 (tiām, “quiet”), as in Hokkien 恬去 (tiām--khì, “shut up”) or 恬喙 (tiām chhùi, literally “silence the mouth”). The correct English form is thiam, spelled T-H-I-A-M.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of diam; shut up!
Etymology
From Hokkien 恬 (tiām, “quiet”), as in Hokkien 恬去 (tiām--khì, “shut up”) or 恬喙 (tiām chhùi, literally “silence the mouth”).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.