# toa

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #41,432

## Definitions
1. A small painted artifact made by the Diyari people of Australia, believed to have been used as place markers or signposts.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Dieri toa (“sign, mark, stick, messenger”), thoa, thuwa.

## Easily confused with
- **TV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toa-vs-tv)
- **TX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toa-vs-tx)
- **Tu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toa-vs-tu)
- **Ty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toa-vs-ty)
- **TS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toa-vs-ts)
- **TT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toa-vs-tt)
- **tp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toa-vs-tp)
- **two** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toa-vs-two)
- **too** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toa-vs-too)
- **top** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toa-vs-top)
- **try** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toa-vs-try)
- **tom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toa-vs-tom)
- **toy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toa-vs-toy)
- **ton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toa-vs-ton)
- **toe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toa-vs-toe)
- **tub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toa-vs-tub)
- **tow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toa-vs-tow)
- **tri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toa-vs-tri)
- **tor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toa-vs-tor)
- **tug** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toa-vs-tug)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/toa