tired
[ˈtaɪ̯əd]adjective, verb
tired is spelled T-I-R-E-D: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 51 times per million words in written English, the 1,993rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, tired means “In need of some rest or sleep” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in tired?
| Letters | 5: T-I-R-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 51 times per million words; the 1,993rd 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 tired?
Tired appears 51 times per million words in written English, the 1,993rd 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 tired?
- UK [ˈtaɪ̯əd]
- British [ˈtɑjəd]
- [ˈtajəd]
Tired 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-tired.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-tired.wav, En-us-tired.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with tired?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as tired.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: tried, tider.
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 tired
- more tired comparative
- tireder comparative
- most tired superlative
- tiredest superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tired mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
In need of some rest or sleep.
- 2
Fed up, annoyed, irritated, sick of.
I'm tired of this
- 3
Overused, cliché.
a tired song
- 4
Old and worn.
a tired-looking hotel room
- 5
derogatoryslangPlayed out, ineffectual; incompetent.
- 6
Alternative form of tyred.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of tire
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tired in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense in need of rest or sleep:
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.