# tui

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtʉi/ · frequency rank #38,658

## Definitions
1. A species of honeyeater, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, a bird which is endemic to New Zealand.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Māori tūī.

## Easily confused with
- **TV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tui-vs-tv)
- **TX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tui-vs-tx)
- **Ty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tui-vs-ty)
- **two** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tui-vs-two)
- **tum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tui-vs-tum)
- **tun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tui-vs-tun)
- **tut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tui-vs-tut)
- **tux** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tui-vs-tux)
- **TWA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tui-vs-twa)
- **tur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tui-vs-tur)
- **tye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tui-vs-tye)
- **twp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tui-vs-twp)
- **Tyr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tui-vs-tyr)
- **turn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tui-vs-turn)
- **twin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tui-vs-twin)
- **tune** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tui-vs-tune)
- **turf** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tui-vs-turf)
- **tuna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tui-vs-tuna)
- **Turk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tui-vs-turk)
- **turd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tui-vs-turd)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/tui