Which to use
“times” is a noun and “Tomes” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #250
- “times” frequency rank
- #46,822
- “Tomes” frequency rank
- 47072
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | times | Tomes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of time | A surname originating as a patronymic. |
Letter map: times vs Tomes
Shared letters muted; letters that set times and Tomes apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. times and Tomes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Grammar separator: times vs Tomes
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: times is anoun and Tomesaname. On the page they differ by a single letter - i in “times” becomes o in “Tomes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47072, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
times is recorded at frequency rank #250, classified as anoun, pronounced /taɪmz/. Tomes is at rank #46,822, tagged as aname.
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 47072, this pair ranks #205,816 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of times vs Tomes
Shared letters: emst. Private to "times": i. Private to "Tomes": o.
"times" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "Tomes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "times" and "Tomes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "times" or "Tomes"?
Useful next steps
You've compared "times" and "Tomes". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "times" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Tomes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #205,816 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "times" and "Tomes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Tomes vs torus". 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 #205,816 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.