# toby

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #11,808

## Definitions
1. A drinking mug, in the shape of a human head with a hat atop; a Toby jug.
2. The valve that mediates the connection between a mains water-supply and a premises's own plumbing.
3. The road or highway.
4. A 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

## Easily confused with
- **Ty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toby-vs-ty)
- **too** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toby-vs-too)
- **top** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toby-vs-top)
- **try** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toby-vs-try)
- **tom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toby-vs-tom)
- **toy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toby-vs-toy)
- **ton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toby-vs-ton)
- **toe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toby-vs-toe)
- **tub** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toby-vs-tub)
- **tow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toby-vs-tow)
- **tor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toby-vs-tor)
- **TOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toby-vs-tos)
- **tod** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toby-vs-tod)
- **tot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toby-vs-tot)
- **TOI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toby-vs-toi)
- **Tok** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toby-vs-tok)
- **ToC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toby-vs-toc)
- **tol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toby-vs-tol)
- **TOV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toby-vs-tov)
- **toh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toby-vs-toh)

## Common misspellings (6)
`otby`, `tboy`, `tobby`, `tobyy`, `toyb`, `ttoby`

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