# Todd

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /tɑd/ · frequency rank #6,194

## Definitions
1. An English and Scottish surname transferred from the nickname from Middle English tod (“fox”).
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A river in the Northern Territory, Australia; named for early immigrant Alice Bell Todd (wife of astronomer Charles Todd).
4. A place in the United States:
5. A place in the United States:
6. A place in the United States:
7. A place in the United States:
8. A place in the United States:

## Easily confused with
- **too** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/todd-vs-too)
- **top** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/todd-vs-top)
- **tom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/todd-vs-tom)
- **toy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/todd-vs-toy)
- **ton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/todd-vs-ton)
- **toe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/todd-vs-toe)
- **tow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/todd-vs-tow)
- **tor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/todd-vs-tor)
- **TOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/todd-vs-tos)
- **tot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/todd-vs-tot)
- **TOI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/todd-vs-toi)
- **Tok** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/todd-vs-tok)
- **tol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/todd-vs-tol)
- **TOV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/todd-vs-tov)
- **toh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/todd-vs-toh)
- **told** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/todd-vs-told)
- **took** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/todd-vs-took)
- **town** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/todd-vs-town)
- **tour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/todd-vs-tour)
- **Tony** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/todd-vs-tony)

## Common misspellings (3)
`otdd`, `tdod`, `ttodd`

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