come to nought
"come-to-nought" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“come to nought” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To fail completely; to have no successful result.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | come to nought |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “come to nought” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for come to nought is 14 letters long, classified as a verb. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "To fail completely; to have no successful result.".
come to nought doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is come to nought, spelled C-O-M-E- -T-O- -N-O-U-G-H-T.
Definition
- 1To fail completely; to have no successful result.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “come to nought”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-M-E- -T-O- -N-O-U-G-H-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.