tss
[t͡sːː]interjection
tss is spelled T-S-S: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,680th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an interjection, tss means “A hissing sound” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in tss?
| Letters | 3: T-S-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 42,680th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is tss?
Tss appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 42,680th 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 tss?
- [t͡sːː]
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with tss?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as tss.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: sts, sst.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of tss
- tsss
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tss mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
interjection
- 1
A hissing sound.
noun
- 1
Initialism of toxic shock syndrome.
- 2
Initialism of total suspended solids: a measure of water quality.
- 3
Initialism of total sum of squares.
noun
- 1
plural of TS
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does tss come from?
Imitative.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).