Thomas
/ˈtɒm.əs/
"thomas" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Thomas” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,544. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,544
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An infidel or doubter.
Corpus desk
Index EN-thomas · Thomas · English
Thomas · rank #1,544 · 9 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,544
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH structure
Nearest frequency peer: structure (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Thomas”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- square
square
98,460 corpus weight
- stopped
stopped
98,459 corpus weight
- structure
structure
98,458 corpus weight
- Thomas
Thomas
98,457 corpus weight
- traditional
traditional
98,456 corpus weight
- twice
twice
98,455 corpus weight
What this shows “Thomas” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Thomas |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtɒm.əs/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,544 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Thomas”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Thomas (IPA /ˈtɒm.əs/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,544 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "An infidel or doubter.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Thomas, with forms such as "htomas", "thhomas", and "thmoas". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "toma", "Tombs", "Tomes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Inherited from Middle English Thomas, from Latin Thōmās m (as in the Vulgate), from Ancient Greek Θωμᾶς m (Thōmâs), the Biblical Greek transcription of Aramaic תאומא or תאמא (“twin”), the nickname of one of the Twelve Apostles. In the gospel of John (11:16,… The correct English form is Thomas, spelled T-H-O-M-A-S.
Definition
- 1An infidel or doubter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Thomas appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] and if the surgeons do not preserve you, and place you on view, in pickle, they ought to, for the sake of historical doubters, for no one will believe that there ever was a man like you, unless you yourself are somewhere around to prove them Thomases.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English Thomas, from Latin Thōmās m (as in the Vulgate), from Ancient Greek Θωμᾶς m (Thōmâs), the Biblical Greek transcription of Aramaic תאומא or תאמא (“twin”), the nickname of one of the Twelve Apostles. In the gospel of John (11:16, 20:24), the Aramaic nickname is also translated into Greek, as δίδυμος m (dídumos). Used as a given name since the Middle Ages, e.g. Thomas the Presbyter (7th century), Thomas the Slav (8th century), Thomas of Bayeux (died 1100). (infidel or doubter): In reference to the doubting Apostle.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- htomas
- thhomas
- thmoas
- thoams
- thomass
- thommas
- thomsa
- tohmas
- tthomas
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Thomas - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Same letter count
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Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).