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togo

obsolete

togo is spelled T-O-G-O: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,918th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Togo, the name). As a verb, togo means “To go different ways; go asunder; diverge; split; part; differ” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in togo?

Letters4: T-O-G-O
Syllables2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing1.0 times per million words; the 28,918th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Same letters

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is togo?

Togo appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,918th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Togo, the name.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce togo?

    Togo has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Words people confuse with togo

    Also written: to go (one word or two).

    Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

    What rhymes with togo?

    No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as togo.

    Spelled with the same letters in another order: goto.

    Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

    Forms of togo

    • togoes present, singular, he/she/it
    • togoing participle, present
    • towent past
    • togone participle, past

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    What does togo mean?

    The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

    verb

    1. 1

      obsoleteTo go different ways; go asunder; diverge; split; part; differ.

    2. 2

      obsoleteTo scatter.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Where does togo come from?

    From Middle English togon, from Old English tōgān (“to go apart”), from Proto-Germanic *tōgāną (“to go apart”), equivalent to to- + go. Cognate with German zergehen. Compare Old English tōgangan (“to go away, pass away”), Old Saxon tegangan.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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