# attire

> English word · Noun · IPA /əˈtaɪɚ/ · frequency rank #15,100

## Definitions
1. One's dress; what one wears; one's clothes.
2. The single horn of a goat, deer or stag.

## Etymology
The verb is from Middle English atyren, atiren, from Old French atirier (“to equip”), from a- + tire (“rank”), akin to German Zier (“ornament”) and Old Norse tírr (“glory, renown”).
The noun is from Middle English atir, from the verb.

## Easily confused with
- **attic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/attic-vs-attire)
- **Artie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/artie-vs-attire)
- **active** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/active-vs-attire)
- **admire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/admire-vs-attire)
- **aspire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/aspire-vs-attire)
- **Attila** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/attila-vs-attire)
- **Attica** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/attica-vs-attire)

## Common misspellings (6)
`atire`, `atitre`, `attier`, `attirre`, `attrie`, `tatire`

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