tweet
/ˈtwiːt/noun, verb, interjection
tweet is spelled T-W-E-E-T: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 15 times per million words in written English, the 5,407th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tweet means “The sound of a bird; any short high-pitched sound or whistle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tweet is tweets.
How many letters and syllables are in tweet?
| Letters | 5: T-W-E-E-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | 15 times per million words; the 5,407th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is tweet?
Tweet appears 15 times per million words in written English, the 5,407th 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 tweet?
- /ˈtwiːt/
- [ˈtʰwɪi̯t]
Tweet has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-tweet.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of tweet
- tweets plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- tweeting participle, present
- tweeted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tweet mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The sound of a bird; any short high-pitched sound or whistle.
- 2
An entry posted on the microblogging service Twitter.
- 3
An entry on any microblogging service.
verb
- 1
To produce a short high-pitched sound, similar to that of certain birds.
- 2
To post an entry to Twitter.
- 3
To post an entry to any microblogging site.
interjection
- 1
used to represent the sound of a bird twittering: twit.
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of tweet (“Twitter post”).
verb
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of tweet (“to post on Twitter”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate tweet?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of tweet: twt.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tweet in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | gazouillis, pépiement , tweet , twitter, twitterer, tweeter |
| German | Zwitschern , Tweet, Twitterbeitrag, Twittereintrag , twittern , zwitschern |
| Portuguese | pio , tuíte, tweet , twittar, tuitar , piar |
| Spanish | pío, piada, silbada, gorjeo , tuit, tuiteo |
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 tweet come from?
Onomatopoeic of the sound made by a bird. Compare twitter. The social media senses evolved from earlier Twitter update, twit (noun), twitter (verb).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).