Basic Guidelines For English Spellings
READ THESE ARTICLESA comprehensive list of two-letter words
If you often play word games, then you’ll know how helpful two-letter words can be. Every English-speaker knows quite a few – am, an, as, at, and so on – but did you know that there over a hundred two-letter words?
Take a look at our list of two-letter words, which includes bo (a kind of fig tree), od (a supposed natural force), and yu (an ancient Chinese wine container), as well as many more well-known words.
| aa | rough cindery lava |
| ab | an abdominal muscle |
| ad | an advertisement |
| ag | S. African a general exclamation |
| ah | an exclamation |
| ai | the three-toed sloth |
| am | the present tense of be |
| an | a form of the indefinite article |
| as | used to convey relative extent or degree |
| at | expressing location or time |
| aw | an exclamation |
| ax | variant spelling of axe |
| ay | variant spelling of aye |
| ba | the soul, in Egyptian mythology |
| be | to exist |
| bi | bisexual |
| bo | a kind of fig tree |
| by | beside |
| da | a person's father |
| do | to perform an action |
| dy | a type of sediment |
| ee | dialect form of oh |
| eh | an exclamation |
| El | an elevated railway |
| em | a measuring unit in printing |
| en | a measuring unit in printing |
| er | expressing doubt or hesitation |
| ex | a former spouse or partner |
| fa | a musical note |
| Ga | a people in Ghana |
| gi | judo jacket |
| go | to move or travel |
| ha | an exclamation |
| he | a male person or animal |
| hi | a greeting |
| ho | an exclamation |
| id | a part of the mind |
| if | introducing a conditional clause |
| in | within |
| io | a North American moth |
| is | the present tense of be |
| it | a thing |
| ja | S. African yes |
| jo | Scottish, archaic a sweetheart |
| Ju | a kind of Chinese pottery |
| ka | the spirit, in Egyptian mythology |
| ki | a plant of the lily family |
| la | a musical note |
| li | a Chinese unit of distance |
| lo | archaic used to draw attention to something |
| ma | a person's mother |
| me | the objective case of the first-person pronoun I |
| mi | a musical note |
| mo | a moment |
| mu | a Greek letter |
| my | belonging to me |
| né | originally called |
| no | not any |
| nu | a Greek letter |
| ob | a type of gene |
| od | a supposed natural force |
| of | belonging to |
| og | Australian, archaic a shilling |
| oh | an exclamation |
| oi | used to attract attention |
| OK | used to express assent, agreement, etc. |
| om | a sacred mantra |
| on | supported by or covering |
| op | an operation |
| or | used to link alternatives |
| os | a bone |
| ou | a Hawaiian bird |
| ow | expressing pain |
| ox | a cow or bull |
| oy | = oi |
| Oz | Australia(n) |
| pa | father |
| pi | a Greek letter |
| po | a chamber pot |
| qi | the life force, in Chinese philosophy |
| ra | a moraine, in Norway or Sweden |
| re | a musical note |
| ri | a Japanese unit of length |
| se | a Chinese musical instrument |
| si | = te |
| so | therefore |
| ta | thank you |
| te | a musical note |
| ti | = te |
| to | expressing direction in relation to a location |
| uh | expressing hesitation |
| um | expressing hesitation |
| up | towards a higher position |
| us | the objective case of we |
| Wa | a people on the borders of China and Burma |
| we | oneself and other people |
| Wu | a dialect of Chinese |
| xi | a Greek letter |
| xu | a Vietnamese unit of money |
| ye | archaic the plural form of thou |
| Yi | a people in parts of China |
| yo | used as a greeting |
| yu | an ancient Chinese wine container |
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