# tye

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #40,491

## Definitions
1. Obsolete form of tie.
2. A chain or rope, one end of which passes through the mast, and is made fast to the center of a yard; the other end is attached to a tackle, by means of which the yard is hoisted or lowered.

## Etymology
A variant of tie.

## Easily confused with
- **Tyr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tye-vs-tyr)
- **type** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tye-vs-type)
- **tyre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tye-vs-tyre)
- **typo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tye-vs-typo)
- **Tyne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tye-vs-tyne)
- **types** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tye-vs-types)
- **Tyler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tye-vs-tyler)
- **typed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tye-vs-typed)
- **tyres** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tye-vs-tyres)
- **t** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/t-vs-tye)
- **to** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/to-vs-tye)
- **TV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tv-vs-tye)
- **te** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/te-vs-tye)
- **TA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ta-vs-tye)
- **TL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tl-vs-tye)
- **TX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tx-vs-tye)
- **TD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/td-vs-tye)
- **ti** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ti-vs-tye)
- **Tu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tu-vs-tye)
- **Ty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ty-vs-tye)

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