Tillis
/ˈtɪlɪs/
"tillis" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Tillis” is uncommon English (frequency #65,566 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,566
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tillis · Tillis · English
Tillis · rank #65,566 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,566
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH Thorndike
Nearest frequency peer: Thorndike (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Tillis”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- tethering
tethering
34,441 corpus weight
- Thessaly
Thessaly
34,439 corpus weight
- thirsting
thirsting
34,437 corpus weight
- Thorndike
Thorndike
34,436 corpus weight
- Tillis
Tillis
34,435 corpus weight
- tipster
tipster
34,433 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Tillis” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tillis |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈtɪlɪs/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #65,566 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Tillis” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Tillis is uncommon English at frequency #65,566 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈtɪlɪs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Tillis, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is Tillis, spelled T-I-L-L-I-S.
Definition
- 1A surname.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Tillis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Even Cruz ultimately joined the early Tuesday vote to strip the proposal. Only Sen. Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican who opposed Trump’s broader budget bill, voted against eliminating the AI provision.
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.
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