tice
/taɪs/
"tice" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tice” is uncommon English (frequency #61,867 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,867
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A ball bowled to strike the ground about a bat's length in front of the wicket; a yorker.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tice · tice · English
tice · rank #61,867 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,867
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH tib
Nearest frequency peer: tib (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “tice”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Thomsen
Thomsen
38,137 corpus weight
- tib
tib
38,135 corpus weight
- tice
tice
38,134 corpus weight
- tooled
tooled
38,132 corpus weight
- torpor
torpor
38,131 corpus weight
- traceability
traceability
38,130 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “tice” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tice |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /taɪs/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #61,867 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “tice” in English
Rare enough to double-check
tice is uncommon English at frequency #61,867 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /taɪs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
tice doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Possibly from entice, as below, suggesting the bowler's purpose. The correct English form is tice, spelled T-I-C-E.
Definition
- 1A ball bowled to strike the ground about a bat's length in front of the wicket; a yorker.
- 2A ball left at a hittable but difficult distance or position, to lure the opponent into a mistake.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tice appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bowlers should practise both toss and tice.
The tice is almost a full pitch. If you have a long reach, go in and play forward; if not, however, keep your bat down, and block it.
Etymology
Possibly from entice, as below, suggesting the bowler's purpose.
Synonyms
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).