Sapling Logo

“T” or “Tea” or “Tee” or “Ti”

t / tea / tee / ti are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

Get Sapling See examples
Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

t t·IY

  • nounthe 20th letter of the Roman alphabet.

tea t·IY

  • nouna beverage made by steeping tea leaves in water.
  • nouna light midafternoon meal of tea and sandwiches or cakes.
  • nouna tropical evergreen shrub or small tree extensively cultivated in e.g. China and Japan and India; source of tea leaves.
  • nouna reception or party at which tea is served.
  • noundried leaves of the tea shrub; used to make tea.

tee t·IY

  • nounthe starting place for each hole on a golf course.
  • nounsupport holding a football on end and above the ground preparatory to the kickoff.
  • nouna short peg put into the ground to hold a golf ball off the ground.
  • verbplace on a tee.
  • verbconnect with a tee.

ti t·IY

  • nounshrub with terminal tufts of elongated leaves used locally for thatching and clothing; thick sweet roots are used as food; tropical southeastern Asia, Australia and Hawaii.
  • nounthe syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization.
Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“t”

  • Guirardello, who specializes on Trumai, has presented varied inventories of…
  • Oron, A.M. Schnoes, T. Wittkop, A. Sokolov, K. Graim,…
  • Postmaster General William T. Barry was…
  • Mann was inspired by Bill T. Jones' use of the Walt…
  • The first two columns of keys…
  • Romero, P. Bhat, A. Paccanaro, T. Hamp, R.…
  • To market the garage door, Johnson…
  • Silurus caobangensis V. H. Nguyễn, T. H. N. Vũ & T.…
  • Note: GP = Games played; TOI…
  • Initially available on certain high-powered cars,…

“tea”

  • …how conservative politics and the Tea Party is portrayed in the
  • …and been impacted by the Tea Party movement.
  • Tea bag –
  • In exploring the Tea Party movement, the film interviews…
  • …Makoto Hagiwara of the Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco, California,…
  • Camellia sinesis, the tea plant, has been grown for…
  • The term "herbal tea" is often used in contrast…
  • …some cultures to make daily tea.
  • The first tea bags were made from silk.
  • …déjeuner") which consists of coffee, tea or hot chocolate with milk,…

“tee”

  • Richard Tee – piano
  • …the par-3 17th, where both tee shots found the same bunker.
  • …par four, requires a precise tee shot and the approach shot…
  • Tee hinge
  • An errant tee shot often finds the lake…
  • …School was also the Highest TEE Score Student Regional winner
  • …was adjusted; the second round tee times were moved earlier on…
  • He smashed his tee shot straight down the middle…
  • They participated in sports like Tee Ball, basketball, and track and
  • Tee shots and others

“ti”

  • Ti menei ap to rodo &…
  • Nekad sam ti bio drag (I Was Once…
  • …the tanbour drum and the ti bwa, a percussion instrument made…
  • …she released her single "Još ti se nadam", a duet with…
  • Ti znaš, Mića, kad sam djete…
  • …"Dung-aw," “Sudario," “1001 a Kalsada iti Siudad," “Eman," “Dagiti Samiweng ti…
  • - T.I.
  • Those investigated include: Ti, YBaCuO, GeSiO, poly…
  • Me Llevaras En Ti – 3:43
  • Then the "Bwatè" (player ti bwa) sets the pace, followed…

Examples are Wikipedia snippets under the CC ShareAlike 3.0 license. Definitions are drawn from WordNet.

Too much to remember?

Looking for a tool that handles this for you wherever you write?

Install Sapling Try the grammar checker