Tiflis
/ˈtɪflɪs/
"tiflis" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Tiflis” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Former name of Tbilisi: the capital city of the country of Georgia.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tiflis · Tiflis · English
Tiflis · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tiflis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈtɪflɪs/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Tiflis” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Tiflis is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈtɪflɪs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Former name of Tbilisi: the capital city of the country of Georgia.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Tiflis, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Russian Тифли́с (Tiflís) and Ottoman Turkish تفليس (Tiflis), from Persian تفلیس (Teflis). The correct English form is Tiflis, spelled T-I-F-L-I-S.
Definition
- 1Former name of Tbilisi: the capital city of the country of Georgia.
Etymology
From Russian Тифли́с (Tiflís) and Ottoman Turkish تفليس (Tiflis), from Persian تفلیس (Teflis).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.