tailored
adjective, verb
tailored is spelled T-A-I-L-O-R-E-D: 8 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 3.6 times per million words in written English, the 13,695th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, tailored means “Adjusted by a tailor, fitted” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in tailored?
| Letters | 8: T-A-I-L-O-R-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 3.6 times per million words; the 13,695th 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 tailored?
Tailored appears 3.6 times per million words in written English, the 13,695th 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 tailored?
Tailored 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).
What rhymes with tailored?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as tailored.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: idolater.
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).
What does tailored mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Adjusted by a tailor, fitted.
- 2
Made by a tailor.
His expensive tailored shirts didn't look that much better than off-the-rack, but they lasted much longer.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of tailor
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tailored in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense adjusted by a tailor, fitted:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | sur-mesure |
| German | maßgeschneidert |
| Portuguese | sob medida |
| Spanish | a medida, a la medida |
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.