TokyovstoysTell them apart

Quick tell: Tokyo is a name, toys is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Tokyo” is a name and “toys” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#13,041
“Tokyo” frequency rank
#33,858
“toys” frequency rank
46899
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Tokyo toys
Definition Hauptstadt von Japan Plural des Substantivs toy

Letter map: Tokyo vs toys

Shared letters muted; letters that set Tokyo and toys apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
Tokyo
4 ch
toys

Part-of-speech tell for Tokyo / toys

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Tokyo is aname and toysanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46899, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Tokyo is recorded at frequency rank #13,041, classified as aname, pronounced [ˈtoːkjoː]. toys is at rank #33,858, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 46899, this pair ranks #1,303,158 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Tokyo vs toys

Shared letters: oty. Private to "Tokyo": k. Private to "toys": s.

"Tokyo" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "toys" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Tokyootkyo · tkoyo · tokkyo · tokoy · tokyyo · toyko · ttokyo
  • toysotys · tosy · toyss · toyys · ttoys · tyos

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Tokyo" and "toys" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Tokyo" is a name and "toys" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Tokyo" vs "toys" - which ranks higher?
"Tokyo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,041 in our German list, against #33,858 for "toys". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Tokyo" and "toys".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Tokyo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "toys" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,303,158 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Tokyo" and "toys" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs toys". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,303,158 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list