tithing
/ˈtaɪðɪŋ/
"tithing" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tithing” is an uncommon English word, ranked #56,490 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #56,490
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A tithe or tenth in its various senses, (particularly):
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tithing |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtaɪðɪŋ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #56,490 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tithing” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for tithing is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈtaɪðɪŋ/. Corpus data places it at rank #56,490 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tithing, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword 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 tithyng, from Old English tēoþung or tēoðung, from tēoða (“a tithe”) + -ing (suffix forming patronymics and diminutives) and tēoþian (“to tithe”) + -ung (suffix forming verbal nouns). Equivalent to tithe + -ing. The correct English form is tithing, spelled T-I-T-H-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1A tithe or tenth in its various senses, (particularly):
- 2A tithe or tenth in its various senses, (particularly):
- 3A tithe or tenth in its various senses, (particularly):
- 4Ten sheaves of wheat (originally set up as such for the tithe proctor).
- 5A body of households (originally a tenth of a hundred or ten households) bound by frankpledge to collective responsibility and punishment for each other's behavior.
- 6A part of the hundred as a rural division of territory.
Etymology
From Middle English tithyng, from Old English tēoþung or tēoðung, from tēoða (“a tithe”) + -ing (suffix forming patronymics and diminutives) and tēoþian (“to tithe”) + -ung (suffix forming verbal nouns). Equivalent to tithe + -ing.
Synonyms
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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Using “tithing”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-I-T-H-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈtaɪðɪŋ/ (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.