tillage

Name: tillage, English Word Data
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/ˈtɪlɪd͡ʒ/

//ˈtɪlɪd͡ʒ// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“tillage” is uncommon English (frequency #63,309 among 27,828 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,309
frequency rank, English: 27,828
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The cultivation of arable land by plowing, sowing and raising crops.

Key facts for tillage
Property	Value
Headword	tillage
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/ˈtɪlɪd͡ʒ/
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#63,309
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “tillage” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). tillage lands here:

#63,309

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tillage is uncommon English at frequency #63,309 among 27,828 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtɪlɪd͡ʒ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for tillage, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English tillage; by surface analysis, till + -age. The correct English form is tillage, spelled T-I-L-L-A-G-E.

Definition

1
The cultivation of arable land by plowing, sowing and raising crops.
2
Land cultivated in this way.
3
The act or process of soil disturbance as a part of farming; especially, types of disturbance requiring draft animals or machinery for power.

Etymology

From Middle English tillage; by surface analysis, till + -age.

Synonyms

tilling

This word in other languages

labranza(Español)labour(Français)Bestellung(Deutsch)lavoura(Português)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tillage"?

"tillage" is spelled T-I-L-L-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈtɪlɪd͡ʒ/.

What does "tillage" mean?

As a noun, "tillage" means: The cultivation of arable land by plowing, sowing and raising crops.

How do you pronounce "tillage"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tillage" is /ˈtɪlɪd͡ʒ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What is the origin of the word "tillage"?

From Middle English tillage; by surface analysis, till + -age. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Using “tillage”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct English spelling is T-I-L-L-A-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as /ˈtɪlɪd͡ʒ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.