To-morrow or tomorrow?
to-morrow is an adverb meaning “Dated spelling of tomorrow”; tomorrow is an adverb meaning “On the day after the present day”. Wiktionary gives them as spellings of the same word. to-morrow is written with a hyphen and tomorrow as one word; they are used differently.
What is the difference between to-morrow and tomorrow?
| to-morrow | tomorrow | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | adverb, noun | adverb, noun |
| Meaning | Dated spelling of tomorrow | On the day after the present day At some point in the future; later on The day after the present day |
| Example | none recorded | If you don’t get your life on track today, you’re going to be very sorry tomorrow |
| Pronunciation | not recorded | /təˈmɒɹəʊ/ /təˈmɔɹəw/ /ðəˈmɒɹæ/ |
| In writing | not counted (the list counts single words) | 105 times per million words |
Sources: to-morrow and tomorrow in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of to-morrow and tomorrow
to-morrow
- 1
Dated spelling of tomorrow
- 2
datedDated form of tomorrow
tomorrow
- 1
On the day after the present day
- 2
The day after the present day
Tomorrow will be sunny
- 3
At some point in the future; later on
If you don’t get your life on track today, you’re going to be very sorry tomorrow
- 4
A future period or time
Live for what tomorrow has to offer, not for what yesterday has taken away
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, to-morrow or tomorrow?
to-morrow is a phrase, which the list of single words does not count; tomorrow 105 times per million words.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).