tiresome
tire·some/ˈtaɪɚsəm/adjective
tiresome is spelled T-I-R-E-S-O-M-E, 2 syllables: tire·some. The wrong spelling people search most is tiredsome: about 10 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 31 of all searches for the word. Tiresome is an adjective meaning “Causing fatigue or boredom; wearisome”.
How many letters and syllables are in tiresome?
| Letters | 8: T-I-R-E-S-O-M-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: tire·some |
| In writing | 1.2 times per million words; the 26,092nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, tiredsome, about 10 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell tiresome?
Tiresome is spelled T-I-R-E-S-O-M-E. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 31 of the searches for tiresome in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is tiresome?
Tiresome appears 1.2 times per million words in written English, the 26,092nd 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 tiresome?
- US /ˈtaɪɚsəm/
- UK /ˈtaɪəsəm/
Tiresome has 2 syllables, split tire·some in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-tiresome.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of tiresome
- more tiresome comparative
- most tiresome superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tiresome mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Causing fatigue or boredom; wearisome.
Eventually his long stories became tiresome.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tiresome in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense causing fatigue or boredom:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | ennuyeux, barbant |
| German | ermüdend, mühsam |
| Portuguese | cansativo, entediante, enfadonho |
| Spanish | fatigoso, cansador, agotador, cansón |
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 tiresome come from?
From tire + -some.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).