How to spell tired

hear ittired/taɪərd/adjectiveLong vowels

What it means: Feeling a lack of energy.

In a sentence: The puppy felt tired after playing in the park all day.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as tierd or tires.

Same family: tiresome, tiring, tireless, tiredness, weary. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Tired comes from the Old English verb *tīerian* or *tēorian*, meaning “to become weary.” Over time, English speakers also began using tired to describe things that feel worn-out or boring because they’ve been repeated too often, like tired jokes or tired ideas.

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