# Titus

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈtaɪtəs/ · frequency rank #19,233

## Definitions
1. The seventeenth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the epistle to Titus.
2. An early Christian, the addressee of the aforementioned epistle.
3. Titus Caesar Vespasianus, a Roman Emperor who succeeded Vespasian and preceded Domitian.
4. A male given name from Latin.
5. A surname
6. A short hairstyle, popular in Europe in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Titus, a Roman and Sabine praenomen meaning either "honorable" or "strong; of the giants".

## Easily confused with
- **tutu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/titus-vs-tutu)
- **totes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/titus-vs-totes)
- **torus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/titus-vs-torus)
- **tit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tit-vs-titus)
- **thus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thus-vs-titus)
- **tips** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tips-vs-titus)
- **tits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tits-vs-titus)
- **tito** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tito-vs-titus)
- **tics** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tics-vs-titus)
- **times** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/times-vs-titus)
- **title** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/title-vs-titus)
- **tires** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tires-vs-titus)
- **titan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/titan-vs-titus)
- **tides** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tides-vs-titus)
- **ticks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ticks-vs-titus)
- **Tatum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tatum-vs-titus)
- **titty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/titty-vs-titus)
- **tithe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tithe-vs-titus)
- **tints** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tints-vs-titus)
- **titles** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/titles-vs-titus)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ittus`, `titsu`, `tittus`, `tituss`, `tiuts`, `ttitus`, `ttius`

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