Which to use
“tori” is a noun and “toxic” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,838
- “tori” frequency rank
- #4,807
- “toxic” frequency rank
- 27645
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tori | toxic |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of torus | Having a chemical nature that is harmful to health or lethal if consumed or otherwise entering into the body in sufficient quantities. |
Letter map: tori vs toxic
Shared letters muted; letters that set tori and toxic apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. tori runs 4 letters (CVCV) against toxic's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - tori and toxic
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tori is anoun and toxicanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27645, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tori is recorded at frequency rank #22,838, classified as anoun. toxic is at rank #4,807, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈtɒk.sɪk/.
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 27645, this pair ranks #377,297 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tori vs toxic
Shared letters: iot. Private to "tori": r. Private to "toxic": cx.
"tori" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "toxic" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "tori" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "toxic" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #377,297 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tori" and "toxic" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tori 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 #377,297 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.