T-shirt
/ˈtiːʃɜːt/
"t-shirt" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“T-shirt” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A lightweight shirt without buttons, usually with short sleeves and no collar. Often made of cotton and frequently bears a picture or slogan.
Corpus desk
Index EN-t-shirt · T-shirt · English
T-shirt · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | T-shirt |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtiːʃɜːt/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “T-shirt” in English
Rare enough to double-check
T-shirt is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtiːʃɜːt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
T-shirt has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From its shape, 1920s. The correct English form is T-shirt, spelled T---S-H-I-R-T.
Definition
- 1A lightweight shirt without buttons, usually with short sleeves and no collar. Often made of cotton and frequently bears a picture or slogan.
- 2An undershirt.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how T-shirt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Many bands make more money from T-shirt sales than from sale of tickets.
Think of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future, however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London, where bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food.
Etymology
From its shape, 1920s.
This word in other languages
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.