Which to use
“toed” is an adjective and “toma” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,990
- “toed” frequency rank
- #49,101
- “toma” frequency rank
- 85091
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | toed | toma |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Having (a specified number or type of) toes. | A semi-hard Italian cheese from Piedmont |
Letter map: toed vs toma
Shared letters muted; letters that set toed and toma apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. toed (CVVC) and toma (CVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for toed / toma
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: toed is anadjective and tomaanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85091, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
toed is recorded at frequency rank #35,990, classified as anadj, pronounced /təʊd/. toma is at rank #49,101, tagged as anoun.
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 85091, this pair ranks #10,945 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of toed vs toma
Shared letters: ot. Private to "toed": de. Private to "toma": am.
"toed" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "toma" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "toed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "toma" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #10,945 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "toed" and "toma" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "toma vs Toth". 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 #10,945 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.