Which to use
“tammy” and “tummy” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,445
- “tammy” frequency rank
- #16,608
- “tummy” frequency rank
- 35053
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tammy | tummy |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A kind of woolen, or woolen and cotton, cloth, often highly glazed, used for curtains, sieves, strainers, etc. | The stomach or belly. |
Where the eye mixes tammy and tummy
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. tammy and tummy follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between tammy and tummy
A purely visual mix-up. tammy (/ˈtami/) and tummy (/ˈtʌ.mi/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - a in “tammy” becomes u in “tummy”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35053, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tammy is recorded at frequency rank #18,445, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈtami/. tummy is at rank #16,608, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈtʌ.mi/.
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 35053, this pair ranks #315,318 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tammy vs tummy
Shared letters: mty. Private to "tammy": a. Private to "tummy": u.
"tammy" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "tummy" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tammy" and "tummy" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "tammy" or "tummy" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "tammy" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tummy" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #315,318 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tammy" and "tummy" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tammy vs tangy". 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 #315,318 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.