In this manuscript, nine similarity measures of T-spherical fuzzy set (TSFS) considering the membership degree, the hesitancy degree, the non-membership degree and the refusal degree are developed according to the cosine function. Besides, the generalizations of existing similarity measures are the similarity measures of TSFS proposed in this paper, which indicates the breadth and novelty of the proposed similarity measures. More importantly, the nine similarity measures of TSFSs are applied to pattern recognition. Then, we make a comparative study, that is, we apply the nine similarity measures of TSFSs developed in this manuscript to picture fuzzy environment, and the results obtained are consistent with the previous results. This application make the problem of building material recognition better solved in the real world. Finally, two numerical examples show the validity of the proposed similarity measure between TSFSs.