2nd
/ˈsɛkənd/
"2nd" is a 2-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“2nd” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #1,851 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #1,851
- frequency rank, English
- 3
- letters
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Abbreviation of second.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | 2nd |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈsɛkənd/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #1,851 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “2nd” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for 2nd is 3 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈsɛkənd/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,851 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Abbreviation of second.".
No misspelling variants are generated for 2nd in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "2p", "second", "2", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is 2nd, spelled 2-N-D.
Definition
- 1Abbreviation of second.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “2nd”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is 2-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈsɛkənd/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “2p” - see the side-by-side comparison. 2nd vs 2p
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.