# tics

> English word · Verb · IPA /tɪks/ · frequency rank #45,122

## Definitions
1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tic

## Easily confused with
- **TS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tics-vs-ts)
- **tip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tics-vs-tip)
- **tie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tics-vs-tie)
- **Tim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tics-vs-tim)
- **tin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tics-vs-tin)
- **tit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tics-vs-tit)
- **TLC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tics-vs-tlc)
- **TOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tics-vs-tos)
- **TMS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tics-vs-tms)
- **TTC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tics-vs-ttc)
- **TPS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tics-vs-tps)
- **tig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tics-vs-tig)
- **ToC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tics-vs-toc)
- **tss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tics-vs-tss)
- **tio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tics-vs-tio)
- **TUC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tics-vs-tuc)
- **tik** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tics-vs-tik)
- **time** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tics-vs-time)
- **till** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tics-vs-till)
- **tiny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tics-vs-tiny)

## Common misspellings (6)
`itcs`, `tcis`, `ticcs`, `ticss`, `tisc`, `ttics`

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