short trousers

noun

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"short-trousers" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“short trousers” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Trousers reaching as far as the knee, typically worn by young boys.

Corpus desk

Index EN-short-trousers · short trousers · English

short trousers · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for short trousers
PropertyValue
Headwordshort trousers
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “short trousers” sits in English frequency

short trousers falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

short trousers is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Trousers reaching as far as the knee, typically worn by young boys.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for short trousers in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From short + trousers. The correct English form is short trousers, spelled S-H-O-R-T- -T-R-O-U-S-E-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Trousers reaching as far as the knee, typically worn by young boys.

Etymology

From short + trousers.

Synonyms

short pants

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "short trousers"?
"short trousers" is spelled S-H-O-R-T- -T-R-O-U-S-E-R-S.
What does "short trousers" mean?
As a noun, "short trousers" means: Trousers reaching as far as the knee, typically worn by young boys.
What is the origin of the word "short trousers"?
From short + trousers. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list