# Thiel

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /tiːl/ · frequency rank #39,612

## Definitions
1. A surname; variant forms Teale, Teel, Theel, Theil, Thiele.

## Etymology
* As a North German and Dutch surname, from a pet form of Dietrich, Diederik.
* As an east German surname, from Lower Sorbian Bartyl, a name derived from Bartholomäus.

## Easily confused with
- **tie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thiel-vs-tie)
- **this** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thiel-vs-this)
- **till** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thiel-vs-till)
- **thin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thiel-vs-thin)
- **tied** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thiel-vs-tied)
- **tier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thiel-vs-tier)
- **toil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thiel-vs-toil)
- **Tien** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thiel-vs-tien)
- **think** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thiel-vs-think)
- **three** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thiel-vs-three)
- **thing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thiel-vs-thing)
- **third** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thiel-vs-third)
- **tried** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thiel-vs-tried)
- **trial** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thiel-vs-trial)
- **tries** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thiel-vs-tries)
- **threw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thiel-vs-threw)
- **towel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thiel-vs-towel)
- **thigh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thiel-vs-thigh)
- **thine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thiel-vs-thine)
- **Thier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thiel-vs-thier)

## Common misspellings (7)
`htiel`, `theil`, `thhiel`, `thiell`, `thile`, `tihel`, `tthiel`

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