Which to use
“toke” is a noun and “Tomes” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,056
- “toke” frequency rank
- #46,822
- “Tomes” frequency rank
- 86878
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | toke | Tomes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A gratuity. | A surname originating as a patronymic. |
Letter map: toke vs Tomes
Shared letters muted; letters that set toke and Tomes apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. toke runs 4 letters (CVCV) against Tomes's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for toke / Tomes
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: toke is anoun and Tomesaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86878, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
toke is recorded at frequency rank #40,056, classified as anoun, pronounced /təʊk/. 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 86878, this pair ranks #8,356 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of toke vs Tomes
Shared letters: eot. Private to "toke": k. Private to "Tomes": ms.
"toke" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "Tomes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "toke" and "Tomes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "toke" vs "Tomes" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "toke" vs "Tomes" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "toke" 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 #8,356 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "toke" 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 #8,356 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.