tod
/tɑd/noun
tod is spelled T-O-D: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,536th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “tod vs todd” about 20 times a month (Google, United States). As a noun, tod means “A male fox” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tod is tods.
How many letters and syllables are in tod?
| Letters | 3: T-O-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 23,536th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with | |
| 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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is tod?
Tod appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,536th 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 tod?
- UK /tɒd/
- US /tɑd/
Tod has one syllable (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-tod.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with tod
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: todd.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with tod?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as tod from its last stressed vowel (/ɑd/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: dot.
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 tod
- tods plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- todding participle, present
- todded participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tod mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A male fox.
- 2
ScotlandA fox in general.
- 3
Someone like a fox; a crafty person.
- 4
A bush, especially of ivy.
- 5
An old English measure of weight, usually of wool, containing two stone or 28 pounds (13 kg).
noun
- 1
Initialism of time of death.
- 2
Initialism of top of descent.
- 3
Initialism of transfer on death (the account has a beneficiary).
- 4
Initialism of time-on-device.
- 5
Initialism of transit-oriented development.
noun
- 1
Alternative form of TOD.
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo weigh; to yield in tods.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does tod come from?
From Middle English tod, of unknown origin. Possibly influenced by Etymology 2, due to its bushy tail.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).