# Tyr

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #45,720

## Definitions
1. The Norse god of war, identifiable with Tiu or Tiw.

## Etymology
From Old Norse Týr, from Proto-Germanic *Tīwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (“god”). Doublet of Tiw.

## Easily confused with
- **tyre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tyr-vs-tyre)
- **tyres** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tyr-vs-tyres)
- **Tyrol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tyr-vs-tyrol)
- **t** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/t-vs-tyr)
- **to** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/to-vs-tyr)
- **TV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tv-vs-tyr)
- **te** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/te-vs-tyr)
- **TA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ta-vs-tyr)
- **TL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tl-vs-tyr)
- **TX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tx-vs-tyr)
- **TD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/td-vs-tyr)
- **ti** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ti-vs-tyr)
- **Tu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tu-vs-tyr)
- **Ty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ty-vs-tyr)
- **TB** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tb-vs-tyr)
- **TN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tn-vs-tyr)
- **TS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ts-vs-tyr)
- **TM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tm-vs-tyr)
- **TT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tt-vs-tyr)
- **TF** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tf-vs-tyr)

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