twenty-two
/ˌtwɛntiˈtuː/
"twenty-two" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“twenty-two” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a numeral. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The number after twenty-one and before twenty-three. Represented in Arabic digits as 22.
Corpus desk
Index EN-twenty-two · twenty-two · English
twenty-two · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | twenty-two |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Numeral |
| IPA | /ˌtwɛntiˈtuː/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “twenty-two” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
twenty-two is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anumeral, transcribed /ˌtwɛntiˈtuː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The number after twenty-one and before twenty-three. Represented in Arabic digits as 22.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for twenty-two, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is twenty-two, spelled T-W-E-N-T-Y---T-W-O.
Definition
- 1The number after twenty-one and before twenty-three. Represented in Arabic digits as 22.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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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.