# ado

> English word · Noun · IPA /əˈduː/ · frequency rank #22,276

## Definitions
1. Trouble; troublesome business; fuss, commotion.

## Etymology
From Northern Middle English at do (“to do”), infinitive of do, don (“to do”), see do. Influenced by an Old Norse practice of marking the infinitive by using the preposition at, att (compare Danish at gå (“to go”)). More at at, do.

## Easily confused with
- **as** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ado-vs-as)
- **at** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ado-vs-at)
- **an** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ado-vs-an)
- **AM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ado-vs-am)
- **AL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ado-vs-al)
- **ah** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ado-vs-ah)
- **AP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ado-vs-ap)
- **ai** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ado-vs-ai)
- **aw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ado-vs-aw)
- **AR** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ado-vs-ar)
- **AU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ado-vs-au)
- **AF** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ado-vs-af)
- **ag** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ado-vs-ag)
- **AK** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ado-vs-ak)
- **AZ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ado-vs-az)
- **av** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ado-vs-av)
- **ay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ado-vs-ay)
- **AE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ado-vs-ae)
- **ao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ado-vs-ao)
- **ax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ado-vs-ax)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ado