# tian

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #28,050

## Definitions
1. An oval cooking-pot, traditionally used in Provence.
2. A Provençal dish of layered baked vegetables.

## Etymology
From French, from Provençal tian, from Old Occitan, from Ancient Greek τήγανον (tḗganon), variant of τάγηνον (tágēnon, “frying pan”).

## Easily confused with
- **TN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tian-vs-tn)
- **tip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tian-vs-tip)
- **tie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tian-vs-tie)
- **Tim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tian-vs-tim)
- **ton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tian-vs-ton)
- **tin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tian-vs-tin)
- **tit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tian-vs-tit)
- **TSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tian-vs-tsa)
- **tic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tian-vs-tic)
- **tra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tian-vs-tra)
- **tun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tian-vs-tun)
- **tig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tian-vs-tig)
- **TWA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tian-vs-twa)
- **toa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tian-vs-toa)
- **tio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tian-vs-tio)
- **tik** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tian-vs-tik)
- **time** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tian-vs-time)
- **turn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tian-vs-turn)
- **town** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tian-vs-town)
- **till** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tian-vs-till)

## Common misspellings (3)
`itan`, `tain`, `tiann`

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