# enough

> English word · Determiner · IPA /ɪˈnʌf/ · frequency rank #260

## Definitions
1. Sufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate.
2. Sufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate.

## Etymology
From Middle English ynogh, from Old English ġenōg (“enough”), from Proto-Germanic *ganōgaz (“enough”) (compare Scots eneuch, West Frisian genôch, Dutch genoeg, German genug, Low German (ge)noog, Danish nok, Swedish nog, Icelandic nógur), from *ganuganą 'to suffice' (compare Old English ġeneah), or from *ga- + an unattested *nōgaz, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂nó(n)ḱe (“he has reached, attained”), perfective of *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”) (compare Old Irish tánaic (“he arrived”), Latin nancisci (“to get”), Albanian kënaq (“to please, satisfy”).).

## Easily confused with
- **Enugu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enough-vs-enugu)
- **Enoch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enoch-vs-enough)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ennough`, `enoguh`, `enouggh`, `enoughh`, `enouhg`, `enuogh`, `eonugh`, `neough`

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