# tissue

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtɪs.juː/ · frequency rank #4,195

## Definitions
1. Thin, woven, gauze-like fabric.
2. A fine transparent silk material, used for veils, etc.; specifically, cloth interwoven with gold or silver threads, or embossed with figures.
3. A sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made to be used as tissue paper, toilet paper or a handkerchief.
4. Absorbent paper as material.
5. A group of cells (along with their extracellular matrix if any) that are similar in origin and function together to do a specific job.
6. Web; texture; complicated fabrication; connected series.
7. The scratch sheet or racing form.

## Etymology
From Middle English tissu, from Old French tissu (“woven”), past participle of tistre (“to weave”), from Latin texō (“to weave”).

## Easily confused with
- **tussle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tissue-vs-tussle)

## Common misspellings (6)
`itssue`, `tisseu`, `tisue`, `tisuse`, `tsisue`, `ttissue`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/tissue