twilight
/ˈtwaɪˌlaɪt/
"twilight" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“twilight” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #9,415 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #9,415
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun, occasioned by the illumination of the earth’s atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their refl...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | twilight |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtwaɪˌlaɪt/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #9,415 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “twilight” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for twilight is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈtwaɪˌlaɪt/. Corpus data places it at rank #9,415 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for twilight, with forms such as "tiwlight", "ttwilight", and "twiilght". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English twilight, twyelyghte, equivalent to twi- (“double, half-”) + light, literally ‘second light, half-light’. Cognate to Scots twa licht, twylicht, twielicht (“twilight”), Low German twilecht, twelecht (“twilight”), Dutch tw… The correct English form is twilight, spelled T-W-I-L-I-G-H-T.
Definition
- 1The soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun, occasioned by the illumination of the earth’s atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.
- 2The time when said light is visible; the period between daylight and darkness.
- 3Any faint light through which something is seen.
- 4The time when the sun is less than 18° below the horizon.
- 5An in-between or fading condition through which something is perceived.
Etymology
PIE word *dwóh₁ From Middle English twilight, twyelyghte, equivalent to twi- (“double, half-”) + light, literally ‘second light, half-light’. Cognate to Scots twa licht, twylicht, twielicht (“twilight”), Low German twilecht, twelecht (“twilight”), Dutch tweelicht (“twilight, dusk”), German Zwielicht (“twilight, dusk”). Compare Old English twēone lēoht (“twilight”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: tiwlight,ttwilight,twiilght,twilgiht,twiligght,twilighht,twilightt,twiligth,twilihgt,twillight,twliight,twwilight,wtilight
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of twilight - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “twilight”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-W-I-L-I-G-H-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈtwaɪˌlaɪt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.