Tsai

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"tsai" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Tsai” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #39,620. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,620
frequency rank, English
3,151
“T” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Mandarin Chinese.

Corpus desk

Index EN-tsai · Tsai · English

Tsai · rank #39,620 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,620
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,151
  • PHOTO-FINISH tripartite

Nearest frequency peer: tripartite (-2 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Tsai”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “Tsai” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Tsai vs tsk
25% similar
Tsai vs tse
25% similar
Tsai vs TWA
25% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Tsai
PropertyValue
HeadwordTsai
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters4
Frequency rank#39,620
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Tsai”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).Tsailands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “tripartite” (#39,618), “UDP” (#39,622), “ultima” (#39,623). Among 3,151 “T” headwords, “Tsai” is #39,620. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around Tsai, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #39,620 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A surname from Mandarin Chinese.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Tsai, with forms such as "stai", "tasi", and "tsia". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tsk", "tse", "TWA", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Mandarin 蔡 (Cài), Wade–Giles romanization: Tsʻai⁴. The correct English form is Tsai, spelled T-S-A-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    A surname from Mandarin Chinese.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Tsai appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The two elementary-school students graduating this year, Yang Hao-lung (楊昊龍) and Chang Wei-shih (張煒世), started out from the school at 8:30am yesterday and jogged to Jinsha Township (金沙) Office before riding a tandem bicycle to the entrance of the ancient trail into Taiwu Mountain (太武山), bordered by the Tsai (蔡) family’s ancestral house.

Etymology

From Mandarin 蔡 (Cài), Wade–Giles romanization: Tsʻai⁴.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • stai
  • tasi
  • tsia
  • tssai
  • ttsai

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Tsai - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

stai2tasi2tsia2tssai1ttsai1
Edit distance from "Tsai"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Tsai"?
"Tsai" is spelled T-S-A-I.
What does "Tsai" mean?
As a proper noun, "Tsai" means: A surname from Mandarin Chinese.
What words are commonly confused with "Tsai"?
"Tsai" is commonly confused with "tsk", "tse", "TWA". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What is the origin of the word "Tsai"?
From Mandarin 蔡 (Cài), Wade–Giles romanization: Tsʻai⁴. See the full etymology section above for more details.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Tsai", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list