twos
/tuz/noun, verb
twos is spelled T-W-O-S: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 38,863rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, twos means “The age of two; two years old” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in twos?
| Letters | 4: T-W-O-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 38,863rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is twos?
Twos appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 38,863rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce twos?
- UK /tuːz/
- UK [tʰu̟ːz]
- US /tuz/
Twos has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-twos.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with twos?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as twos from its last stressed vowel (/uz/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: stow, swot, tows.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of twos
- twoss present, singular, he/she/it
- twosing participle, present
- twosed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does twos mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
plural of two.
It's odd there were no twos in the winning lottery numbers.
- 2
The age of two; two years old.
The boy in his twos is just learning to walk.
- 3
UKslangThe cells located on the first floor.
- 4
slangA pair of twos.
- 5
A reserves team.
verb
- 1
To share a cigarette with someone after smoking half of it.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).