Edo
/ˈɛdəʊ/
"edo" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Edo” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #22,067 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #22,067
- frequency rank, English
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Former name of Tokyo: the capital city of Japan
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 | Edo |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈɛdəʊ/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #22,067 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Edo” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Edo is 3 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɛdəʊ/. Corpus data places it at rank #22,067 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Former name of Tokyo: the capital city of Japan".
Zero misspellings are on record for Edo in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ex", "et", "EU", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Japanese 江戸 (えど, Edo, literally “cove entrance”). The correct English form is Edo, spelled E-D-O.
Definition
- 1Former name of Tokyo: the capital city of Japan
Etymology
From Japanese 江戸 (えど, Edo, literally “cove entrance”).
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 “Edo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is E-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɛdəʊ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ex” - see the side-by-side comparison. Edo vs ex
- 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.