275/50R22 — one of two sizes on a 22-inch wheel
A wheel diameter serving one market, with two tires on it and nothing else.
Metric notation · Crossover and SUV
- Overall diameter
- 32.83 in
- 834 mm
- Section width
- 10.83 in
- 275 mm
- Sidewall height
- 5.41 in
- 138 mm
- Aspect ratio
- 50%
- sidewall as a share of width
- Wheel diameter
- 22 in
- the hole in the middle
- Circumference
- 103.1 in
- 2619 mm
- Revolutions per mile
- 614.4
- geometric, not measured
- Revolutions per km
- 381.8
- geometric, not measured
- Typical load index
- 98–116
- 1653–2756 lb per tire
Crossovers are heavier than the cars they share size families with, so the same nominal size is produced at a higher index for SUV fitment than for passenger fitment. Two tires wearing the same size code can carry materially different loads.
The load-index range shown is the band this CLASS of size is typically produced in — not a list of what is in stock for this exact size today. Load index and speed symbol are printed on the sidewall of the specific tire you are holding, and the required minimum is on the placard of the specific vehicle you are fitting. Read both.
Nearest real sizes in imperial notation, same wheel
Compare any two sizes, including ones this site has no page for, in the comparison tool.
Platforms recorded with this size
The fifth-generation Chevrolet Tahoe is recorded here with 275/50R22 as a factory size, on the largest wheel that vehicle offers.
The entire 22-inch range
Two codes, and this is the taller of them:
| Size | Diameter | Section width | Sidewall | Revolutions per mile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 285/45R22 | 32.10 in | 11.22 in | 5.05 in | 628.3 |
| 275/50R22 | 32.83 in | 10.83 in | 5.41 in | 614.4 |
Between them is 0.73 in of height, 2.27%, and a width difference that runs the other way: the shorter tire is the wider one by 0.39 in. Swapping this size for 285/45R22 takes an indicated 70 mph to an actual 68.4 mph.
That is the whole of the 22-inch wheel in this catalogue, and both entries belong to the same narrow slice of the market — full-size SUVs and half-ton pickups at the top of their trim ranges. No performance size, no light-truck size, nothing narrow. A 22-inch wheel says more about a vehicle than almost any other number on this site.
What a 50-series looks like when the width is 275
5.41 in of sidewall sounds substantial and is, for this wheel, the deeper of the two options available. Set it against 285/75R16, which computes to the same 32.83 in of overall diameter on a wheel six inches smaller, and it is roughly two thirds as much: 5.41 in against 8.42 in. Two tires of identical standing height, one carrying half as much casing again as the other.
Standing height and casing depth are independent, and 22-inch fitments are where they diverge furthest. The overall diameter and rolling radius reference covers what that separation means for the figures a manufacturer publishes.
Its counterparts on wheels that more people own
- 275/60R20 — 32.99 in, 0.17 in taller, 6.50 in of sidewall
- 285/70R17 — 32.71 in, 0.12 in shorter, 7.85 in of sidewall
- 33x12.50R16 — 33.00 in, 0.17 in taller, 8.50 in of sidewall
All three roll within a fifth of an inch of this tire. The 20-inch entry is the one a Tahoe buyer actually chooses between, since the same vehicle offers both wheel sizes and the change costs 0.50% of rolling diameter — which is to say nothing measurable at all.
Related
Class: Crossover and SUV. Every figure above is computed from the size code, not stored — see how these numbers are calculated.