# tonight

> English word · Adverb · IPA /təˈnaɪt/ · frequency rank #1,007

## Definitions
1. During the night following the current day; during the evening of today.
2. Last night.

## Etymology
From Middle English tonyght, to niȝt, from Old English tō niht.

## Easily confused with
- **tight** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tight-vs-tonight)

## Common misspellings (11)
`otnight`, `tnoight`, `toinght`, `tongiht`, `tonigght`, `tonighht`, `tonightt`, `tonigth`, `tonihgt`, `tonnight`, `ttonight`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-02.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/tonight