todah rabah

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"todah-rabah" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“todah rabah” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Thank you; many thanks.

Corpus desk

Index EN-todah-rabah · todah rabah · English

todah rabah · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "T" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for todah rabah
PropertyValue
Headwordtodah rabah
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechInterjection
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “todah rabah” in English

todah rabahranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

todah rabah is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Thank you; many thanks.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for todah rabah, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: First attested in 1969; from Hebrew תּוֹדָה רַבָּה (todá rabá, “thank you very much”). The correct English form is todah rabah, spelled T-O-D-A-H- -R-A-B-A-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Thank you; many thanks.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how todah rabah appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. My warmest ties are with the young people and my friends at Gonen. // Todah rabah, and Shalom.

Etymology

First attested in 1969; from Hebrew תּוֹדָה רַבָּה (todá rabá, “thank you very much”).

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "todah rabah"?
"todah rabah" is spelled T-O-D-A-H- -R-A-B-A-H.
What does "todah rabah" mean?
As an interjection, "todah rabah" means: Thank you; many thanks.
What is the origin of the word "todah rabah"?
First attested in 1969; from Hebrew תּוֹדָה רַבָּה (todá rabá, “thank you very much”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list