# Tien

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #33,882

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## Etymology
From Mandarin 田 (Tián).

## Easily confused with
- **TN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tien-vs-tn)
- **tip** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tien-vs-tip)
- **Tim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tien-vs-tim)
- **ton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tien-vs-ton)
- **toe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tien-vs-toe)
- **tin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tien-vs-tin)
- **tit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tien-vs-tit)
- **Tue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tien-vs-tue)
- **tre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tien-vs-tre)
- **tun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tien-vs-tun)
- **tse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tien-vs-tse)
- **tig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tien-vs-tig)
- **tye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tien-vs-tye)
- **tio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tien-vs-tio)
- **tik** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tien-vs-tik)
- **time** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tien-vs-time)
- **turn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tien-vs-turn)
- **town** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tien-vs-town)
- **tree** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tien-vs-tree)
- **till** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tien-vs-till)

## Common misspellings (4)
`iten`, `tein`, `tienn`, `ttien`

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