# today

> English word · Adverb · IPA /təˈdeɪ/ · frequency rank #258

## Definitions
1. On the current day or date.
2. In the current era; nowadays; these days.
3. On the day of a recurring cycle or event which is currently happening.

## Etymology
From Middle English today, to-daie, todæig, from Old English tōdæġ, tō dæġe (“today”, literally “on [the/this] day, [this] day forward”), equivalent to to + day. Compare Saterland Frisian däälich (“today”), Dutch vandaag (“today”), Old Saxon hindag (“today”, literally “[this] day forward”), German Low German vandage, vandaag (“today”), Swedish i dag, idag (“today”).

## Easily confused with
- **toy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/today-vs-toy)
- **Tony** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/today-vs-tony)
- **Todd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/today-vs-todd)
- **Tory** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/today-vs-tory)
- **tray** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/today-vs-tray)
- **toga** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/today-vs-toga)
- **tora** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/today-vs-tora)
- **toma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/today-vs-toma)
- **total** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/today-vs-total)
- **Tommy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/today-vs-tommy)
- **Torah** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/today-vs-torah)
- **tonal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/today-vs-tonal)
- **topaz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/today-vs-topaz)
- **Topsy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/today-vs-topsy)
- **todays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/today-vs-todays)
- **today's** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/today-vs-today-s)
- **tod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tod-vs-today)
- **tay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tay-vs-today)
- **toa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toa-vs-today)
- **toby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toby-vs-today)

## Common misspellings (7)
`otday`, `tdoay`, `toady`, `todayy`, `todday`, `todya`, `ttoday`

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