tailcoat
/ˈteɪlkoʊt/noun
tailcoat is spelled T-A-I-L-C-O-A-T: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 154,067th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tailcoat means “A formal evening jacket with an extended back panel; a dress coat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tailcoat is tailcoats.
How many letters and syllables are in tailcoat?
| Letters | 8: T-A-I-L-C-O-A-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 26 million words; the 154,067th 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; 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 tailcoat?
Tailcoat appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 154,067th 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 tailcoat?
- US /ˈteɪlkoʊt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-tailcoat.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with tailcoat?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as tailcoat (/eɪlkoʊt/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: coattail.
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 tailcoat
- tailcoats plural
- tail coat
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tailcoat mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A formal evening jacket with an extended back panel; a dress coat.
- 2
Any coat with similar tails.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate tailcoat?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of tailcoat: tails.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tailcoat in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense formal evening jacket:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does tailcoat come from?
From tail + coat.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).