little toe

noun

"little-toe" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“little toe” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The smallest toe of the human foot.

Corpus desk

Index EN-little-toe · little toe · English

little toe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "L" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for little toe
PropertyValue
Headwordlittle toe
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “little toe” in English

little toeranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

little toe is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for little toe in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English litel to, lyttylle towe, from Old English lȳtle tā. The correct English form is little toe, spelled L-I-T-T-L-E- -T-O-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    The smallest toe of the human foot.
  2. 2
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see little, toe.

Etymology

From Middle English litel to, lyttylle towe, from Old English lȳtle tā.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "little toe"?
"little toe" is spelled L-I-T-T-L-E- -T-O-E.
What does "little toe" mean?
As a noun, "little toe" means: The smallest toe of the human foot.
What is the origin of the word "little toe"?
From Middle English litel to, lyttylle towe, from Old English lȳtle tā. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list