bow tie
noun
bow tie is spelled B-O-W-T-I-E: 6 letters. As a noun, bow tie means “Alternative spelling of bowtie” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bow tie is bow ties or bow-ties.
How many letters and syllables are in bow tie?
| Letters | 6: B-O-W-T-I-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | a phrase: the frequency list counts single words |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you pronounce bow tie?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-bow_tie.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with bow tie
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: bowtie (one word or two).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of bow tie
- bow ties plural
- bow-ties plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bow tie mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of bowtie.
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of bowtie.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).