title
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Detailed reference entry for the English word "title", 5-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Hunspell error dictionaries, and usage frequency ranked against the top 100,000 English words in the Wordfreq corpus. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "title" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "title" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.
title is aEnglishnoun. It means: The name of a film, musical piece, painting, or other work of art. Pronounced /ˈtaɪ.tl̩/. It ranks #839 in English word frequency. Often confused with tits and tito.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | title |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtaɪ.tl̩/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #839 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for title is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈtaɪ.tl̩/. Corpus data places it at rank #839 in overall English word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 13 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for title, with forms such as "ittle", "tilte", and "titel". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tits", "tito", "tote", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Etymology tree Etruscanbor. Latin titulusbor. Old English titul Middle English title English title From Middle English title, titel, from Old English titul (“title, heading, superscription”), from Latin titulus (“title, inscription”). Doublet of tilde, tite… Root origin matters for spelling because borrowed morphemes (Greek, Latin, Old French, Old English) carry their source-language orthographic conventions into modern English, which is why historical etymology is often the cleanest predictor of whether a cluster like "-ough", "-eau", or "-tion" will appear. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is title, spelled T-I-T-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1The name of a film, musical piece, painting, or other work of art.
- 2The name of a writing such as a book, which identifies it and usually describes its subject, with a short phrase that often summarizes its topic.
- 3A published piece of media.
- 4A section or division of a writing, as of an act of law or a book.
- 5An appellation given to a person or family to signify either veneration, official position, social rank, the possession of assets or properties, or a professional or academic qualification, such as Mister, Mr, Ms, Doctor, or Dr; for more examples, see :Category:en:Titles.
- 6Legal right to ownership of a property; a deed or other certificate proving this.
- 7In canon law, that by which a beneficiary holds a benefice.
- 8A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside.
- 9A written title, credit, or caption shown with a film, video, or performance.
- 10The recognition given to the winner of a championship in sports.
- 11The panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a book.
- 12A long title.
- 13A short title.
Etymology
Etymology tree Etruscanbor. Latin titulusbor. Old English titul Middle English title English title From Middle English title, titel, from Old English titul (“title, heading, superscription”), from Latin titulus (“title, inscription”). Doublet of tilde, titer/titre, titlo, tittle, and titulus.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ittle,tilte,titel,titlle,tittle,ttile,ttitle
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for title
Misspelling Variants of "title"
Frequency rank: #839 in English
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