# tick

> English word · Noun · IPA /tɪk/ · frequency rank #9,678

## Definitions
1. A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.

## Etymology
From Middle English tyke, teke, from Old English ticia (“parasitic animal, tick”), from Proto-West Germanic *tīkō, compare Dutch teek, German Zecke.

## Easily confused with
- **TK** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tick-vs-tk)
- **tip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tick-vs-tip)
- **tie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tick-vs-tie)
- **Tim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tick-vs-tim)
- **tin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tick-vs-tin)
- **tit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tick-vs-tit)
- **TLC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tick-vs-tlc)
- **tsk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tick-vs-tsk)
- **Tok** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tick-vs-tok)
- **TTC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tick-vs-ttc)
- **tig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tick-vs-tig)
- **ToC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tick-vs-toc)
- **tio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tick-vs-tio)
- **TUC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tick-vs-tuc)
- **tik** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tick-vs-tik)
- **time** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tick-vs-time)
- **took** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tick-vs-took)
- **till** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tick-vs-till)
- **tiny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tick-vs-tiny)
- **tips** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tick-vs-tips)

## Common misspellings (6)
`itck`, `tcik`, `ticck`, `tickk`, `tikc`, `ttick`

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