tway
/tweɪ/obsolete
tway is spelled T-W-A-Y: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a number, tway means “Two” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in tway?
| Letters | 4: T-W-A-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 37 million words; the 187,122nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is tway?
Tway appears about once in every 37 million words in written English, the 187,122nd 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 tway?
- /tweɪ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-tway.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does tway mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
number
- 1
obsoleteTwo.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does tway come from?
Inherited from Middle English tweye, from Old English twēġe, reduced form of twēġen (“twain”). Doublet of swy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).