tyro
ty·ro/ˈtaɪɹoʊ/noun
tyro is spelled T-Y-R-O: 4 letters and 2 syllables (ty·ro). It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 69,884th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tyro means “A beginner; a novice” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tyro is tyros or tyroes.
How many letters and syllables are in tyro?
| Letters | 4: T-Y-R-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: ty·ro |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 69,884th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is tyro?
Tyro appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 69,884th 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 tyro?
- UK /ˈtaɪɹəʊ/
- UK /ˈtaɪəɹəʊ/
- US /ˈtaɪɹoʊ/
Tyro has 2 syllables, split ty·ro in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-tyro.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-tyro.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with tyro?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as tyro from its last stressed vowel (/aɪɹoʊ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: troy, tory, ryot.
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 tyro
- tyros plural
- tyroes plural
- tiro
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tyro mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A beginner; a novice.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tyro in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense beginner, novice (cognates) – see also beginner, novice:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | tiron |
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 tyro come from?
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin tyro, and from its etymon Latin tīrō (“beginner, novice; young apprentice; (Roman military) recruit”); further etymology unknown, possibly from an unattested Etruscan word.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).