till

/tɪl/

//tɪl// prep

The verdict

“till” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #48,115) as a preposition. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#48,115
frequency rank, Spanish
3,005
“T” headwords
3
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hasta, hasta que, hasta la, hasta el.

Corpus desk

Index ES-till · till · Spanish

till · rank #48,115 · 3 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,115
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 3 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,005
  • PHOTO-FINISH tintos

Nearest frequency peer: tintos (+1 rank slots)

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.

Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “till”

Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “till” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

till vs tío
25% similar
till vs Tim
25% similar
till vs tip
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for till
PropertyValue
Headwordtill
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPreposition
IPA/tɪl/
Letters4
Frequency rank#48,115
Misspellings tracked3
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “till”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.tillcae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “tintos” (#48,116), “Teodora” (#48,112), “tendían” (#48,111). Entre 3,005 lemas con “T”, “till” va en #48,115. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for till is neighbouring look-alikes ("tío", "Tim", …), not just typos; it is apreposition pronounced /tɪl/. Frequency #48,115 among 3,005 “T” headwords. Gloss: "Hasta, hasta que, hasta la, hasta el.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for till, with forms such as "itll", "tlil", and "ttill". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tío", "Tim", "tip", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is till, spelled T-I-L-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hasta, hasta que, hasta la, hasta el.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • itll
  • tlil
  • ttill

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of till - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

itll2tlil2ttill1
Edit distance from "till"

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "till"?
"till" is spelled T-I-L-L. The IPA pronunciation is /tɪl/.
What does "till" mean?
As a preposition, "till" means: Hasta, hasta que, hasta la, hasta el.
What words are commonly confused with "till"?
"till" is commonly confused with "tío", "Tim", "tip". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "till"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "till" is /tɪl/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "till" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "till", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list