Which to use
“toed” is an adjective and “Tomes” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,990
- “toed” frequency rank
- #46,822
- “Tomes” frequency rank
- 82812
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | toed | Tomes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Having (a specified number or type of) toes. | A surname originating as a patronymic. |
Letter map: toed vs Tomes
Shared letters muted; letters that set toed and Tomes apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. toed runs 4 letters (CVVC) against Tomes's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - toed and Tomes
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: toed is anadjective and Tomesaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82812, 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/. 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 82812, this pair ranks #15,016 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of toed vs Tomes
Shared letters: eot. Private to "toed": d. Private to "Tomes": ms.
"toed" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "Tomes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "toed" and "Tomes" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "toed" vs "Tomes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "toed" and "Tomes".
- Full dictionary entry for "toed" 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 #15,016 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "toed" 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 #15,016 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.