# Tyne

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /taɪn/ · frequency rank #23,420

## Definitions
1. A river in the counties of Northumberland and Tyne and Wear, in north east England. The city of Newcastle upon Tyne is found upon its northern bank and Gateshead is found upon its southern bank.
2. A coastal sea area that includes the mouth of this river
3. A river in East Lothian council area, in southern Scotland.

## Etymology
From Old English Tīna or Tīne, attested as a component of the place name Tinanmuþe (“Tynemouth”), possibly from Proto-Celtic *tīn (“river”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂- (“to flow”). As such, possibly a doublet of Teign and Tenna. Also compare Latin Tina.

## Easily confused with
- **Tyr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tyne-vs-tyr)
- **type** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tyne-vs-type)
- **tyre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tyne-vs-tyre)
- **typo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tyne-vs-typo)
- **types** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tyne-vs-types)
- **typed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tyne-vs-typed)
- **tyres** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tyne-vs-tyres)
- **Tyrone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tyne-vs-tyrone)
- **te** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/te-vs-tyne)
- **Ty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ty-vs-tyne)
- **TN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tn-vs-tyne)
- **the** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/the-vs-tyne)
- **ten** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ten-vs-tyne)
- **tie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tie-vs-tyne)
- **ton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ton-vs-tyne)
- **toe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toe-vs-tyne)
- **tin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tin-vs-tyne)
- **tan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tan-vs-tyne)
- **tee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tee-vs-tyne)
- **TNT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tnt-vs-tyne)

## Common misspellings (6)
`tnye`, `ttyne`, `tyen`, `tynne`, `tyyne`, `ytne`

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