tetherball
/ˈtɛðɚˌbɔl/noun
tetherball is spelled T-E-T-H-E-R-B-A-L-L: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tetherball means “A two-person sport where players hit a ball on the end of a tether attached to the top of a pole in opposite directions, and the winner is the one…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tetherball is tetherballs.
How many letters and syllables are in tetherball?
| Letters | 10: T-E-T-H-E-R-B-A-L-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 33 million words; the 176,009th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is tetherball?
Tetherball appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th 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 tetherball?
- US /ˈtɛðɚˌbɔl/
- US /ˈtɛðɚˌbɑl/
- UK /ˈtɛðəˌbɔːl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-tetherball.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of tetherball
- tetherballs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tetherball mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A two-person sport where players hit a ball on the end of a tether attached to the top of a pole in opposite directions, and the winner is the one who manages to make the tether wrap all the way round the pole.
- 2
The ball in the sport of tetherball.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tetherball in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense sport:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | spirobole, spiroballe |
| Portuguese | espirobol |
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 tetherball come from?
Compound of tether + ball.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).