tish
"tish" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tish” is uncommon English (frequency #52,049 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,049
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - A festive meal for a religious event, especially Shabbat.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tish · tish · English
tish · rank #52,049 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,049
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH tinfoil
Nearest frequency peer: tinfoil (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “tish”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- thither
thither
47,955 corpus weight
- TID
TID
47,954 corpus weight
- tinfoil
tinfoil
47,953 corpus weight
- tish
tish
47,952 corpus weight
- Titania
Titania
47,951 corpus weight
- tomorrows
tomorrows
47,950 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “tish” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tish |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #52,049 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tish” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tish is uncommon English at frequency #52,049 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A festive meal for a religious event, especially Shabbat.".
tish has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Yiddish טיש (tish, “table”). Doublet of desk, dais, disc, dish, and discus. The correct English form is tish, spelled T-I-S-H.
Definition
- 1A festive meal for a religious event, especially Shabbat.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tish appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
YPC's most popular activity has been the monthly Shabbat tish, which turns a Friday evening dinner into a Shabbat experience.
Etymology
Borrowed from Yiddish טיש (tish, “table”). Doublet of desk, dais, disc, dish, and discus.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.