tother
/ˈtʌðə(ɹ)/pronoun, noun
tother is spelled T-O-T-H-E-R: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 76 million words in written English, the 275,970th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a pronoun, tother means “Other. Most often used after the” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in tother?
| Letters | 6: T-O-T-H-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 76 million words; the 275,970th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 tother?
Tother appears about once in every 76 million words in written English, the 275,970th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce tother?
- /ˈtʌðə(ɹ)/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with tother?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as tother.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: hotter.
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 tother
- toder
- t'other
- tothers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tother mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
pronoun
- 1
Other. Most often used after the.
noun
- 1
An other; another one.
adjective
- 1
obsoleteThe other (of two).
the tone way or the tother
- 2
obsoleteOther, all others.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does tother come from?
From Middle English þe toþer, from the incorrect division of thet other (“the/that other”). Compare Scots tither; English tone. More at that, other.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).