Which to use
“tiki” and “TK” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,698
- “tiki” frequency rank
- #30,839
- “TK” frequency rank
- 74537
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tiki | TK |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Représentation humaine, sculptée de façon stylisée et assez grossière, que l’on trouve sous forme de statue ou de pendentif, souvent en jade ou en os, en Océanie. | Télékinésie. |
Where the eye mixes tiki and TK
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: tiki vs TK
A purely visual mix-up. tiki (\ti.ki\) and TK (\te.ka\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74537, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tiki is recorded at frequency rank #43,698, classified as anoun, pronounced \ti.ki\. TK is at rank #30,839, tagged as anoun, pronounced \te.ka\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 74537, this pair ranks #36,837 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tiki vs TK
Shared letters: kt. Private to "tiki": i. Private to "TK": -.
"tiki" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "TK" · 2 letters · shape CC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tiki ← itki · tiik · tikki · tkii · ttiki
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "tiki" for "TK" ever safe?
Frequency check: "tiki" vs "TK" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "tiki" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "TK" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #36,837 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tiki" and "TK" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tif vs tiki". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #36,837 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.