TSR
"tsr" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“TSR” is uncommon English (frequency #58,428 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,428
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Initialism of terminate and stay resident: a type of DOS program that can continue to run all the time, once it is loaded, even while other programs are running.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tsr · TSR · English
TSR · rank #58,428 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,428
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH tweens
Nearest frequency peer: tweens (+1 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “TSR”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- trike
trike
41,577 corpus weight
- trots
trots
41,576 corpus weight
- trudging
trudging
41,575 corpus weight
- TSR
TSR
41,573 corpus weight
- tweens
tweens
41,572 corpus weight
- unadorned
unadorned
41,570 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “TSR” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | TSR |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #58,428 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “TSR” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
TSR is uncommon English at frequency #58,428 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for TSR, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is TSR, spelled T-S-R.
Definition
- 1Initialism of terminate and stay resident: a type of DOS program that can continue to run all the time, once it is loaded, even while other programs are running.
- 2Initialism of temporary speed restriction.
- 3Initialism of total shareholder return.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how TSR appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
As it happens, Scout24's TSR for the last 3 years was 105%, which exceeds the share price return mentioned earlier. This is largely a result of its dividend payments!
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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