# twenty

> English word · Numeral · IPA /ˈtwɛnti/ · frequency rank #2,274

## Definitions
1. The cardinal number 20, occurring after nineteen and before twenty-one.

## Etymology
From Middle English twenty, twenti, from Old English twēntiġ (“twenty”, literally “two tens”), from Proto-Germanic *twaintigiwiz, *twai tigiwiz, an old compound of *twain- (“two”) + *-tigaz (“group of ten”), equivalent to two + -ty, or twain + -ty. Cognate with Scots twenty, tuenty (“twenty”), West Frisian tweintich (“twenty”), Dutch twintig (“twenty”), German zwanzig (“twenty”), Danish tyve.

## Easily confused with
- **twisty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/twenty-vs-twisty)
- **tent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tent-vs-twenty)
- **tweet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tweet-vs-twenty)
- **tenth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tenth-vs-twenty)
- **Trent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trent-vs-twenty)
- **tents** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tents-vs-twenty)
- **teeny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teeny-vs-twenty)
- **treaty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/treaty-vs-twenty)
- **trendy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/trendy-vs-twenty)

## Common misspellings (10)
`tewnty`, `ttwenty`, `twennty`, `twentty`, `twentyy`, `twenyt`, `twetny`, `twnety`, `twwenty`, `wtenty`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/twenty