shirtsleeve
noun, adjective
shirtsleeve is spelled S-H-I-R-T-S-L-E-E-V-E: 11 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 83 million words in written English, the 290,185th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, shirtsleeve means “Alternative form of shirt sleeve” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of shirtsleeve is shirtsleeves.
How many letters and syllables are in shirtsleeve?
| Letters | 11: S-H-I-R-T-S-L-E-E-V-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 83 million words; the 290,185th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is shirtsleeve?
Shirtsleeve appears about once in every 83 million words in written English, the 290,185th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce shirtsleeve?
- US
Shirtsleeve has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-shirtsleeve.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with shirtsleeve?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as shirtsleeve.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: theirselves.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of shirtsleeve
- shirtsleeves plural
- more shirtsleeve comparative
- most shirtsleeve superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does shirtsleeve mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative form of shirt sleeve.
adjective
- 1
Alternative form of shirt-sleeve.
“At least part of the stir over Carter’s shirtsleeve religiosity is that he seems to practice what he preaches,” Newsweek magazine mused a few days after the “born again” question made headlines across the country. “Kennedy went to Mass and
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).