ticket
/ˈtɪk.ɪt/noun, verb
ticket is spelled T-I-C-K-E-T: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 41 times per million words in written English, the 2,438th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, ticket means “A pass entitling the holder to admission to a show, concert, sporting event, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of ticket is tickets.
How many letters and syllables are in ticket?
| Letters | 6: T-I-C-K-E-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 41 times per million words; the 2,438th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 ticket?
Ticket appears 41 times per million words in written English, the 2,438th 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 ticket?
- US /ˈtɪk.ɪt/
- /ˈtɪk.ət/
Ticket 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). Recordings: En-uk-ticket.ogg, En-us-ticket.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with ticket?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as ticket from its last stressed vowel (/ɪkɪt/):
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 ticket
- tickets plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- ticketing participle, present
- ticketed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does ticket mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A pass entitling the holder to admission to a show, concert, sporting event, etc.
I've got two tickets for the match on Saturday; want to come?
- 2
A pass entitling the holder to board a train, a bus, a plane, or other means of transportation.
train ticket bus ticket plane ticket
- 3
A permit to operate a machine on a construction site.
- 4
A certificate or token of a share in a lottery or other scheme for distributing money, goods, etc.
lottery ticket raffle ticket
- 5
A certificate of qualification as a ship's master, pilot, or other crew member.
- 6
A solution to a problem; something that is needed in order to do something.
That's the ticket.
- 7
A citation for a traffic violation.
- 8
A service request, used to track complaints or requests that an issue be handled.
verb
- 1
To issue someone a ticket, as for travel or for a violation of a local or traffic law.
- 2
To mark with a ticket.
to ticket goods in a retail store
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate ticket?
Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of ticket: tic, tkt.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Ticket in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | billet , ticket , contravention, amende, prune |
| German | Ticket, Karte, Eintrittskarte, Schein , Fahrkarte, Fahrschein |
| Portuguese | bilhete, ingresso , passagem , autuação, multa |
| Spanish | entrada, boleto, billete, tiquete, tique , pasaje |
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 ticket come from?
Borrowed from Middle Scots tikkat, tikket, from Middle French etiquet m, estiquet m, and etiquette f, estiquette f (“a bill, note, label, ticket”), from Old French estechier, estichier, estequier (“to attach, stick”), (compare Picard estiquier (“to stick, pierce”)), from Frankish *stikkjan, *stekan (“to stick, pierce, sting”), from Proto-Germanic *stikaną, *stikōną, *staikijaną (“to be sharp, pierce, prick”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp, to stab”). Doublet of etiquette. More at stick.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).