# toby vs Tonya

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### toby
*noun · frequency rank #11,808*
A drinking mug, in the shape of a human head with a hat atop; a Toby jug.

### Tonya
*name · frequency rank #36,790*
A diminutive of the female given names Antonina or Antonia, from Russian

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toby-vs-tonya