# ticket

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtɪk.ɪt/ · frequency rank #2,468

## Definitions
1. A small document that acts as proof of something, often thereby granting the holder some ability.
2. A small document that acts as proof of something, often thereby granting the holder some ability.
3. A small document that acts as proof of something, often thereby granting the holder some ability.
4. A small document that acts as proof of something, often thereby granting the holder some ability.
5. A small document that acts as proof of something, often thereby granting the holder some ability.
6. A small document that acts as proof of something, often thereby granting the holder some ability.
7. A citation for a traffic violation.
8. A service request, used to track complaints or requests that an issue be handled.
9. A list of candidates for an election, or a particular theme to a candidate's manifesto.
10. A small note or notice.
11. A tradesman's bill or account (hence the phrase on ticket and eventually on tick).
12. A label affixed to goods to show their price or description.
13. A visiting card.
14. A warrant.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Scots tikkat, tikket, from Middle French etiquet m, estiquet m, and etiquette f, estiquette f (“a bill, note, label, ticket”), from Old French estechier, estichier, estequier (“to attach, stick”), (compare Picard estiquier (“to stick, pierce”)), from Frankish *stikkjan, *stekan (“to stick, pierce, sting”), from Proto-Germanic *stikaną, *stikōną, *staikijaną (“to be sharp, pierce, prick”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp, to stab”). Doublet of etiquette. More at stick.

## Easily confused with
- **ticks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ticket-vs-ticks)
- **tucker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ticket-vs-tucker)
- **tinker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ticket-vs-tinker)
- **tickle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ticket-vs-tickle)
- **tickets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ticket-vs-tickets)
- **trinket** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ticket-vs-trinket)
- **tick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tick-vs-ticket)
- **Tibet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tibet-vs-ticket)
- **ticker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ticker-vs-ticket)
- **thicke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thicke-vs-ticket)
- **thicken** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thicken-vs-ticket)
- **thicket** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thicket-vs-ticket)

## Common misspellings (9)
`itcket`, `tciket`, `ticcket`, `ticekt`, `tickett`, `tickket`, `tickte`, `tikcet`, `tticket`

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