# tights

> English word · Noun · IPA /taɪts/ · frequency rank #19,990

## Definitions
1. A close-fitting, sheer or non-sheer skin-tight garment worn principally by women and girls that covers the body completely from the waist down, usually including the feet.
2. A similar, non-sheer garment worn by dancers of either sex, especially by ballet dancers.
3. A garment, similar to briefs, worn chiefly by professional wrestlers.
4. In blasting rock, a piece of unbroken rock within the pay limit of a blast.

## Etymology
From tight + -s.

## Easily confused with
- **tits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tights-vs-tits)
- **tints** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tights-vs-tints)
- **Tigris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tights-vs-tigris)
- **tight** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tight-vs-tights)
- **tightly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tightly-vs-tights)
- **tighter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tighter-vs-tights)
- **tighten** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tighten-vs-tights)

## Common misspellings (10)
`itghts`, `tgihts`, `tigghts`, `tighhts`, `tighst`, `tightss`, `tightts`, `tigths`, `tihgts`, `ttights`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/tights