tst
"tst" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tst” is uncommon English (frequency #69,535 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,535
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of tch.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tst · tst · English
tst · rank #69,535 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,535
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH Tring
Nearest frequency peer: Tring (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “tst”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- trackpad
trackpad
30,471 corpus weight
- trapezoid
trapezoid
30,470 corpus weight
- Treacy
Treacy
30,469 corpus weight
- Tring
Tring
30,467 corpus weight
- tst
tst
30,466 corpus weight
- Tutankhamun
Tutankhamun
30,464 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “tst” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tst |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #69,535 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “tst” in English
Rare enough to double-check
tst is uncommon English at frequency #69,535 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of tch.".
tst doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is tst, spelled T-S-T.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of tch.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tst appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
'What did you give for that?' 'A shilling, ma'am.' 'Tst! tst! tst!' said the old lady, disapprovingly.
“How about chloroform burns?” suggested Parker. “Tst, tst,” said the doctor, annoyed at not having thought of this himself […]
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).