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ts

noun, adjective

ts is spelled T-S: 2 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 4.7 times per million words in written English, the 11,685th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ts means “plural of t” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in ts?

Letters2: T-S
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing4.7 times per million words; the 11,685th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is ts?

Ts appears 4.7 times per million words in written English, the 11,685th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce ts?

    Ts has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Words people confuse with ts

    Also written: this.

    Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

    What does ts mean?

    The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

    noun

    1. 1

      plural of t (a form of t)

    2. 2

      Initialism of this shit.

      no way people tryna justify ts

    3. 3

      Initialism of that shit.

    adjective

    as TS
    1. 1

      Abbreviation of transsexual.

    2. 2

      Initialism of top secret.

    noun

    as TS
    1. 1

      Abbreviation of transsexual.

    2. 2

      Abbreviation of transcript.

    3. 3

      colloquialInitialism of tough shit.

      BART: I need $100 for a comic. […] Dad, I want this more than anything. HOMER: Well, T.S.

    4. 4

      Initialism of tropical storm.

    5. 5

      Initialism of technical standard.

    6. 6

      Initialism of technical specification.

    7. 7

      Initialism of Tourette syndrome.

    8. 8

      Initialism of Turner syndrome.

    noun

    as Ts
    1. 1

      Abbreviation of tosyl.

    2. 2

      Abbreviation of Tuesday.

    3. 3

      plural of T (a form of T)

    adjective

    1. 1

      Initialism of temperature-sensitive.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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