# tide

> English word · Noun · IPA /taɪd/ · frequency rank #6,637

## Definitions
1. The daily fluctuation in the level of the sea caused by the gravitational influence of the moon and the sun.
2. The associated flow of water.
3. Any similar gravitational effect on Earth or other body.
4. A high-volume flow, literal or figurative; a current or flood.
5. The tendency or direction of causes, influences, or events; course; current.
6. Time, notably anniversary, period or season linked to an ecclesiastical feast.
7. A time.
8. A point or period of time identified or described by a qualifier.
9. The period of twelve hours.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y-
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *déh₂itis
Proto-Germanic *tīdiz
Proto-West Germanic *tīdi
Old English tīd
Middle English tyde
English tide
Inherited from Middle English tyde, from Old English tīd, from Proto-West Germanic *tīdi, from Proto-Germanic *tīdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂itis, from *deh₂y- + *-tis. Related to time.

## Easily confused with
- **tip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tide-vs-tip)
- **tie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tide-vs-tie)
- **Tim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tide-vs-tim)
- **toe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tide-vs-toe)
- **tin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tide-vs-tin)
- **tit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tide-vs-tit)
- **Tue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tide-vs-tue)
- **tod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tide-vs-tod)
- **tre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tide-vs-tre)
- **tse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tide-vs-tse)
- **tig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tide-vs-tig)
- **tye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tide-vs-tye)
- **tio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tide-vs-tio)
- **tik** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tide-vs-tik)
- **time** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tide-vs-time)
- **true** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tide-vs-true)
- **type** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tide-vs-type)
- **tree** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tide-vs-tree)
- **till** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tide-vs-till)
- **tiny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tide-vs-tiny)

## Common misspellings (4)
`itde`, `tdie`, `tidde`, `ttide`

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