# tied

> English word · Adjective · IPA /taɪd/ · frequency rank #3,201

## Definitions
1. Closely associated or connected.
2. Restricted.
3. Conditional on other agreements being upheld.
4. Of a public house, bar, etc., obliged to sell beer from only one brewery, or alcoholic drinks from one pubco.
5. That resulted in a tie.
6. Provided for use by an employer for as long as one is employed, often with restrictions on the conditions of use.
7. Having walls that are connected in a few places by a single stone overlapping from one wall to another.
8. A cover having a stamp where the postmark cancellation overlaps the stamp.

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

## Common misspellings (4)
`ited`, `teid`, `tiedd`, `ttied`

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