tuxedo
/tʌkˈsidoʊ/noun
tuxedo is spelled T-U-X-E-D-O: 6 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,070th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tuxedo means “A typically black formal jacket worn by men” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tuxedo is tuxedos or tuxedoes.
How many letters and syllables are in tuxedo?
| Letters | 6: T-U-X-E-D-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 25,070th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 tuxedo?
Tuxedo appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 25,070th 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 tuxedo?
- US /tʌkˈsidoʊ/
- UK /tʌkˈsiːdəʊ/
Tuxedo has 3 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)-Vealhurl-tuxedo.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with tuxedo?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as tuxedo from its last stressed vowel (/idoʊ/):
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 tuxedo
- tuxedos plural
- tuxedoes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tuxedo mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A typically black formal jacket worn by men.
He wore a tuxedo for his sister's wedding.
- 2
The entire suit complementing and including this jacket.
- 3
Ellipsis of tuxedo cat.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate tuxedo?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of tuxedo: tux.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tuxedo in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | smoking |
| German | Smoking , Tuxedo, Abendanzug |
| Portuguese | smoking |
| Spanish | smoking, esmoquin |
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 tuxedo come from?
From Tuxedo Park, New York, US, where the fashion is often said to have originated, the village in turn likely from an Eastern Algonquian language (Munsee), from Lenape, tucsedo or p'tuxseepu, ("crooked water" or "crooked river").
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).