Tobias
/təˈbaɪəs/
"tobias" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Tobias” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #19,992. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,992
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The main character in the Book of Tobit, regarded as apocryphal by most Protestants (Biblical character).
Corpus desk
Index EN-tobias · Tobias · English
Tobias · rank #19,992 · 8 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,992
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH tito
Nearest frequency peer: tito (-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 “Tobias”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- there'd
there'd
80,013 corpus weight
- tights
tights
80,011 corpus weight
- tito
tito
80,010 corpus weight
- Tobias
Tobias
80,009 corpus weight
- tofu
tofu
80,008 corpus weight
- Trenton
Trenton
80,005 corpus weight
What this shows “Tobias” 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 | Tobias |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /təˈbaɪəs/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #19,992 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Tobias”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around Tobias (IPA /təˈbaɪəs/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #19,992 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Tobias, with forms such as "otbias", "tboias", and "tobais". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Tobin", "topics", "Tories", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Derived from Ancient Greek Τοβίας (Tobías), from Hebrew טוֹבִיָּה (toviyá, literally “my good is YHWH”). The correct English form is Tobias, spelled T-O-B-I-A-S.
Definition
- 1The main character in the Book of Tobit, regarded as apocryphal by most Protestants (Biblical character).
- 2A male given name from Hebrew.
- 3A surname
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Tobias appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Then said he to Tobias, Prepare thyself for the journey, and God send you a good journey. And when his son had prepared all things far the journey, his father said, Go thou with this man, and God, which dwelleth in heaven, prosper your journey, and the angel of God keep you company. So they went forth both, and the young man's dog with them.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek Τοβίας (Tobías), from Hebrew טוֹבִיָּה (toviyá, literally “my good is YHWH”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- otbias
- tboias
- tobais
- tobbias
- tobiass
- tobisa
- toibas
- ttobias
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Tobias - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).