two hundred

/ˈtuː ˈhʌn.dɹəd/

//ˈtuː ˈhʌn.dɹəd// num

"two-hundred" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“two hundred” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a numeral. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The cardinal number occurring after one hundred ninety-nine and before two hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 200.

Corpus desk

Index EN-two-hundred · two hundred · English

two hundred · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "T" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for two hundred
PropertyValue
Headwordtwo hundred
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNumeral
IPA/ˈtuː ˈhʌn.dɹəd/
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “two hundred” in English

two hundredfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

two hundred is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anumeral, transcribed /ˈtuː ˈhʌn.dɹəd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The cardinal number occurring after one hundred ninety-nine and before two hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 200.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for two hundred in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is two hundred, spelled T-W-O- -H-U-N-D-R-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    The cardinal number occurring after one hundred ninety-nine and before two hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 200.

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "two hundred"?
"two hundred" is spelled T-W-O- -H-U-N-D-R-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈtuː ˈhʌn.dɹəd/.
What does "two hundred" mean?
As a numeral, "two hundred" means: The cardinal number occurring after one hundred ninety-nine and before two hundred one, represented in Arabic numerals as 200.
How do you pronounce "two hundred"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "two hundred" is /ˈtuː ˈhʌn.dɹəd/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "two hundred" come from?
"two hundred" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list