go too far
"go-too-far" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“go too far” 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
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To exceed an unstated limit, especially of acceptable behaviour.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | go too far |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “go too far” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for go too far is 10 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 exceed an unstated limit, especially of acceptable behaviour.".
Zero misspellings are on record for go too far in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is go too far, spelled G-O- -T-O-O- -F-A-R.
Definition
- 1To exceed an unstated limit, especially of acceptable behaviour.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “go too far”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-O- -T-O-O- -F-A-R - 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.