two-tongued
"two-tongued" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“two-tongued” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - Having two tongues; double-tongued.
Corpus desk
Index EN-two-tongued · two-tongued · English
two-tongued · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | two-tongued |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “two-tongued” in English
Rare enough to double-check
two-tongued is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for two-tongued, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English two-tounged, two tungyd, equivalent to two + tongued. Compare twi-tongued. The correct English form is two-tongued, spelled T-W-O---T-O-N-G-U-E-D.
Definition
- 1Having two tongues; double-tongued.
- 2Deceitful; lying; two-faced.
- 3Possessing the ability to speak two languages; synonym of bilingual.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how two-tongued appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Thomas had used "the bilingual sea" in "Quite Early One Morning" (1945), so that "two-tongued" was a product of a natural piece of wordplay.
It is through the voice-over (fully bilingual, because, as the narrator announces, this will be an “f...ing Canadian film”) that the narrator demonstrates both the positive and the negative aspects of the two-tongued individual.
Etymology
From Middle English two-tounged, two tungyd, equivalent to two + tongued. Compare twi-tongued.
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.