tish
noun
tish is spelled T-I-S-H: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 51,738th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Tish, the name). As a noun, tish means “A festive meal for a religious event, especially Shabbat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tish is tishes.
How many letters and syllables are in tish?
| Letters | 4: T-I-S-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 51,738th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is tish?
Tish appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 51,738th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Tish, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce tish?
Tish has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with tish?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as tish.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: this, hits, sith, hist.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of tish
- tishes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tish mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A festive meal for a religious event, especially Shabbat.
- 2
shit
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does tish come from?
Borrowed from Yiddish טיש (tish, “table”). Doublet of desk, dais, disc, dish, and discus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).