toa
noun
toa is spelled T-O-A: 3 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,154th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, toa means “A small painted artifact made by the Diyari people of Australia, believed to have been used as place markers or signposts” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of toa is toas.
How many letters and syllables are in toa?
| Letters | 3: T-O-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 41,154th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is toa?
Toa appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,154th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce toa?
Toa has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with toa?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as toa.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: tao, oat.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of toa
- toas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does toa mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small painted artifact made by the Diyari people of Australia, believed to have been used as place markers or signposts.
- 2
A brave warrior.
- 3
A Polynesian tree of the genus Casuarina, or its wood.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does toa come from?
Borrowed from Dieri toa (“sign, mark, stick, messenger”), thoa, thuwa.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).