to that end
"to-that-end" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“to that end” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a prep_phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - For that reason, with that goal, intending to produce that result.
Corpus desk
Index EN-to-that-end · to that end · English
to that end · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | to that end |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Prep_phrase |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “to that end” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
to that end is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aprep_phrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "For that reason, with that goal, intending to produce that result.".
to that end doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is to that end, spelled T-O- -T-H-A-T- -E-N-D.
Definition
- 1For that reason, with that goal, intending to produce that result.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how to that end appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
We think that the world would be a better place without advertisements. To that end, we are going to remove all of the banners from our website.
He was aiming to get into the school swimming team, and to that end he swam every evening.
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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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.