tiring
/ˈtaɪəɹɪŋ/noun, adjective, verb
tiring is spelled T-I-R-I-N-G: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 17,813th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tiring means “The action of tiring” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tiring is tirings.
How many letters and syllables are in tiring?
| Letters | 6: T-I-R-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.3 times per million words; the 17,813th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is tiring?
Tiring appears 2.3 times per million words in written English, the 17,813th 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 tiring?
- /ˈtaɪəɹɪŋ/
Tiring 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)-Persent101-tiring.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of tiring
- tirings plural
- more tiring comparative
- most tiring superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tiring mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The action of tiring.
- 2
Bits of bone and tough organic material from a corpse given to hawks to abate their hunger.
adjective
- 1
That tires or tire.
Carrying my bags up four flights of stairs is very tiring.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of tire
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tiring in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense that tires or tire:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fatigant |
| German | ermüdend, anstrengend |
| Portuguese | cansativo, desgastante |
| Spanish | agotador, cansado, cansador, fatigoso, pesado, agobiante |
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.