# twine

> English word · Noun · IPA /twaɪn/ · frequency rank #31,806

## Definitions
1. A twist; a convolution.
2. A strong thread composed of two or three smaller threads or strands twisted together, and used for various purposes, as for binding small parcels, making nets, and the like; a small cord or string.
3. The act of twining or winding round.
4. Intimate and suggestive dance gyrations.

## Etymology
From Middle English twyn, twyne, twin, from Old English twīn (“double thread, twist, twine, linen-thread, linen”), from Proto-West Germanic *twiʀn (“thread, twine”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwisnós (“double”), from *dwóh₁ (“two”).

## Easily confused with
- **Tyne** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/twine-vs-tyne)
- **twit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/twine-vs-twit)
- **twist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/twine-vs-twist)
- **twins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/twine-vs-twins)
- **tying** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/twine-vs-tying)
- **twink** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/twine-vs-twink)
- **twirl** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/twine-vs-twirl)
- **twinkle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/twine-vs-twinkle)
- **tie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tie-vs-twine)
- **tin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tin-vs-twine)
- **time** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/time-vs-twine)
- **tiny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tiny-vs-twine)
- **tone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tone-vs-twine)
- **thin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thin-vs-twine)
- **twin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/twin-vs-twine)
- **tune** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tune-vs-twine)
- **tide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tide-vs-twine)
- **tire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tire-vs-twine)
- **Tina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tina-vs-twine)
- **tile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tile-vs-twine)

## Common misspellings (7)
`tiwne`, `ttwine`, `twien`, `twinne`, `twnie`, `twwine`, `wtine`

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