tetris
/ˈtɛtɹɪs/verb
tetris is spelled T-E-T-R-I-S: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,549th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, tetris means “To arrange items in a constrained space” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in tetris?
| Letters | 6: T-E-T-R-I-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 31,549th 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 tetris?
Tetris appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,549th 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 tetris?
- US /ˈtɛtɹɪs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Tetris.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with tetris?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as tetris (/ɛtɹɪs/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: sitter, triste.
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 tetris
- tetrises present, singular, he/she/it
- tetrising participle, present
- tetrised participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tetris mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
slangTo arrange items in a constrained space.
It will be hard to tetris all this furniture into the moving van.
noun
- 1
The act of clearing four lines at once (the maximum possible) in Tetris.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does tetris come from?
From Tetris.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).