too
/tuː/
"too" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“too” is in the everyday core of English, ranked #121 in English word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #121
- frequency rank, English
- 3
- letters
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Likewise.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | too |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /tuː/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #121 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “too” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for too is 3 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /tuː/. Corpus data places it at rank #121 in overall English word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for too in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "TV", "TX", "Tu", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English to (“also, in addition to”), from Old English tō (“furthermore, also, besides”), adverbial use of preposition tō (“to, into”). The sense of "in addition, also" deriving from the original meaning of "apart, separately" (compare Old Englis… The correct English form is too, spelled T-O-O.
Definition
- 1Likewise.
- 2Also, in addition marks a statement as equally valid as the preceding one.
- 3To an excessive degree, more than enough indicates that the degree of a quality is more than what is needed or wanted.
- 4To a high degree, very.
- 5Used to contradict a negative assertion with present and simple past forms of be, do, and auxiliary verbs
- 6Used for emphasis, without reference to any previous statement.
Etymology
From Middle English to (“also, in addition to”), from Old English tō (“furthermore, also, besides”), adverbial use of preposition tō (“to, into”). The sense of "in addition, also" deriving from the original meaning of "apart, separately" (compare Old English prefix tō- (“apart”)). Doublet of to; see there for more.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “too”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-O-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /tuː/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “TV” - see the side-by-side comparison. too vs TV
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.