toby
/ˈtoʊbi/noun
toby is spelled T-O-B-Y: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 4.7 times per million words in written English, the 11,685th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, toby means “A drinking mug, in the shape of a human head with a hat atop; a Toby jug” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of toby is tobies.
How many letters and syllables are in toby?
| Letters | 4: T-O-B-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.7 times per million words; the 11,685th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 toby?
Toby appears 4.7 times per million words in written English, the 11,685th 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 toby?
- UK /ˈtəʊbi/
- US /ˈtoʊbi/
Toby 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Toby.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with toby?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as toby from its last stressed vowel (/oʊbi/):
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 toby
- tobies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does toby mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A drinking mug, in the shape of a human head with a hat atop; a Toby jug.
- 2
UKThe valve that mediates the connection between a mains water-supply and a premises's own plumbing.
- 3
UKdatedslangThe road or highway.
- 4
USdatedA kind of inferior cigar of a long slender shape, tapered at one end.
- 5
The Moorish idol, Zanclus cornutus
- 6
Any of several species of pufferfish in the genus Canthigaster
noun
- 1
The superintendent of a street market.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does toby come from?
Borrowed from Shelta toba (“the road”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).