# tire

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈtaɪ̯ə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #6,970

## Definitions
1. To become sleepy or weary.
2. To make sleepy or weary.
3. To become bored or impatient (with).
4. To bore.

## Etymology
From Middle English tiren, tirien, teorien, from Old English tȳrian, tēorian (“to fail, cease, become weary, be tired, exhausted; tire, weary, exhaust”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Proto-West Germanic *teuʀōn (“to cease”), which is possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dews- (“to fail, be behind, lag”). Compare Ancient Greek δεύομαι (deúomai, “to lack”), Sanskrit दोष (dóṣa, “crime, fault, vice, deficiency”).

## Easily confused with
- **try** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tire-vs-try)
- **toe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tire-vs-toe)
- **tri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tire-vs-tri)
- **tor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tire-vs-tor)
- **tit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tire-vs-tit)
- **Tue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tire-vs-tue)
- **tre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tire-vs-tre)
- **tra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tire-vs-tra)
- **tru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tire-vs-tru)
- **tse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tire-vs-tse)
- **TRP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tire-vs-trp)
- **tur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tire-vs-tur)
- **tye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tire-vs-tye)
- **Tyr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tire-vs-tyr)
- **true** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tire-vs-true)
- **turn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tire-vs-turn)
- **type** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tire-vs-type)
- **tree** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tire-vs-tree)
- **tone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tire-vs-tone)
- **tube** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tire-vs-tube)

## Common misspellings (4)
`itre`, `tirre`, `trie`, `ttire`

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