# toa vs Todd

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### toa
*noun · frequency rank #41,432*
A small painted artifact made by the Diyari people of Australia, believed to have been used as place markers or signposts.

### Todd
*name · IPA /tɑd/ · frequency rank #6,194*
An English and Scottish surname transferred from the nickname from Middle English tod (“fox”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toa-vs-todd