TY

Date "TY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references)

"TY" is a common misspelling or typo for: sty, tee, teem, teen, tie, to, toy, try.

Crosswords: TY

Specialty definitions using "TY": Euler's equation, Euler's equilibrium condition ♦ Terminal Repeat Sequences. (references)

Non-English Usage: "TY" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Albanian (thee, to you), Czech (the, thou, ye, you), Polish (thou, ye, you), Swedish (because, for), Vietnamese (department).

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: TY

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
TY	English	Tokyo-Yokohama	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Modern Usage: TY

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	He doesn't get it Ty. (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial; writing credit: Ethan Coen) Ty, what did you shoot today? (Caddyshack; writing credit: Brian Doyle-Murray; Harold Ramis) I'll be a son of a b tch if I go to your funeral, Ty. (Space: Above and Beyond; writing credit: Mark Shirrefs; John J. Thomson) Ty Cobb wanted to play. (Field of Dreams; writing credit: Phil Alden Robinson)
Movie/TV Titles	Moya Zulfiya? Gde ty (1964) Maksim? Gde ty teper (1964) Esli ty prav... (1963) Kdyby ty muziky nebyly (1963) I ty zostaniesz Indianinem (1962)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: TY

Domain	Title
Books	Ty Detmer: The Making of a Legend (reference) Collectors Value Guide Ty Beanie Babies: Collector Handbook and Price Guide Summer 1998 (reference) Sams TY C# Web Programming in 21 Days (reference) Tomart's Price Guide to Collectible Bean Bag Characters: Including Advertising, Disney, Precious Moments, Sports, Star Wars, Ty Beanie Babies, warner (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Jack And Ty Brandweins Forum (reference) (more periodical examples)

Music	This Is Ty Herndon: Greatest Hits (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Ty the Tasmanian Tiger (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: TY

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Figure 17. Model of the HIRONDELLE's winch. From the beginnings of Prince Albert I of Monaco's oceanographic explorations, he became occupied with equipping his vessels with basic indispensable deck equipment and tools includin g winches, reels of cable, etc. He gave the engineer Jules LeBlanc responsibili ty for this but became a principle collaborator in this area. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.		Ty Cobb. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Ty Cobb, Detroit, and Joe Jackson, Cleveland, standing alongside each other, each holding bats. Credit: Library of Congress.		Three base ball stars here for the World Series. L. to R: George Sisler, Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Ty, chem pomog frontu?. Credit: Library of Congress.		Ty, zapisalsia dobrovol'tsem?. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Kazak, ty s kem? S nami ili s nimi?. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Usage Frequency: TY

"TY" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 71.05% of the time. "TY" is used about 38 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	71.05%	27	66,962
Unclassified Items	13.16%	5	157,705
Adjective (general or positive)	10.53%	4	175,879
Noun (singular)	5.26%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	38	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: TY

The following table summarizes the usage of "TY" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Ty	First name Male	11,000	655
Ty	Last name	170	45,060
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: TY

Expression using "TY": Ty Ty. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "TY": Ty-all, Ty-phoo.
	Ending with "TY": tiddly-i-ty.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: TY

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
ty	1,904	ty beanie baby price guide	48
pennington ty	1,014	baby production ty ty	46
ty beanie baby	876	ty park	45
ty the tasmanian tiger	313	ty store	43
ty cobb	270	jewel murray ty	40
amazing ty	252	longley ty	40
ty beanie	228	ty beanie baby price list	39
ty herndon	202	ty fox	39
tasmanian through tiger ty walk	151	pennington picture ty	38
ty inc	150	ty bear	37
cheat tasmanian tiger ty	131	ty beanie baby price	35
ty murray	116	ty wilson	35
zachery ty bryan	94	ty wigginton	33
mul ty	90	cheat code tasmanian tiger ty	33
endicott ty	88	ty lattimore	32
ty com	65	ty baby	32
treadway ty	64	ty tryon	32
space trading ty	61	hint tasmanian tiger ty	29
furniture pennington ty	53	ty beanie baby values	29
ty england	49	cheat ps2 tasmanian tiger ty	28
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations: TY

Derivations
	Words beginning with "TY": tycoon, tycoons, tye, tyee, tyees, tyer, tyers, tyes, tyin, tying, tyiyn, tyke, tykes, tylosin, tylosins, tymbal, tymbals, tympan, tympana, tympanal, tympani, tympanic, tympanies, tympanist, tympanists, tympanites, tympanitic, tympano, tympans, tympanum, tympanums, tympany, tyne, tyned, tynes, tyning, typable, typal, type, typeable, typebar, typebars, typecase, typecases, typecast, typecasting, typecasts, typed, typeface, typefaces, typefounder. (additional references)
	Words ending with "TY": ability, abnormality, absorbability, absorptivity, abstrusity, absurdity, acceptability, accessibility, acclivity, accountability, acerbity, acidity, acridity, actability, activity, actuality, acuity, adaptability, adaptivity, additivity, addressability, adiposity, adjustability, admirability, admiralty, admissibility, adoptability, adorability, adversity, advisability, aeroelasticity, affability, affectability, affectivity, affinity, affordability, agglutinability, aggressivity, agility, agouty, agreeability, alacrity, algidity, alienability, alkalinity, allergenicity, almighty, alterability, ambidexterity, ambiguity, ambisexuality. (additional references)
	Words containing "TY": acetyl, acetylate, acetylated, acetylates, acetylating, acetylation, acetylations, acetylative, acetylcholine, acetylcholines, acetylcholinesterase, acetylcholinesterases, acetylene, acetylenes, acetylenic, acetylic, acetyls, acetylsalicylate, acetylsalicylates, allotype, allotypes, allotypic, allotypically, allotypies, allotypy, ambrotype, ambrotypes, amitriptyline, amitriptylines, amnestying, amphictyonic, amphictyonies, amphictyony, amphiprostyle, amphiprostyles, antetype, antetypes, antitype, antitypes, antityphoid, archetypal, archetypally, archetype, archetypes, archetypical, artiodactyl, artiodactyls, astylar, atypic, atypical, atypicalities. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: TY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words containing the letters "t-y"
	+1 letter: sty, thy, toy, try, tye, yet.
	+2 letters: arty, byte, city, cyst, doty, duty, hyte, kyat, kyte, mity, myth, paty, pity, ryot, stay, stey, stye, they, tidy, tiny, tivy, toby, tody, tony, tory, towy, toyo, toys, tray, trey, troy, tyee, tyer, tyes, tyin, tyke, tyne, type, typo, typp, typy, tyre, tyro, wyte, xyst, yeti, yett, yurt.
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