tirade
/ˈtaɪɹeɪd/noun, verb
tirade is spelled T-I-R-A-D-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,063rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tirade means “A long, angry or violent speech” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tirade is tirades.
How many letters and syllables are in tirade?
| Letters | 6: T-I-R-A-D-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 34,063rd 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 tirade?
Tirade appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,063rd 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 tirade?
- UK /taɪˈɹeɪd/
- UK /tɪˈɹeɪd/
- US /ˈtaɪɹeɪd/
Tirade 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-I_learned_some_phrases-tirade.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with tirade?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as tirade (/aɪɹeɪd/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: tradie.
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 tirade
- tirades plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- tirading participle, present
- tiraded participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tirade mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A long, angry or violent speech.
come out with a tirade
- 2
A section of verse concerning a single theme.
verb
- 1
To make a long, angry or violent speech, a tirade.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tirade in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | diatribe, tirade , laisse |
| German | Tirade |
| Portuguese | diatribe |
| Spanish | diatriba, invectiva, catilinaria |
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 tirade come from?
Borrowed from French tirade (“monologue, speech, tirade”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).