toddy
"toddy" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“toddy” is uncommon English (frequency #50,275 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,275
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The sweet sap from any of several tropical trees fermented to make an alcoholic drink.
Corpus desk
Index EN-toddy · toddy · English
toddy · rank #50,275 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,275
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH tittle
Nearest frequency peer: tittle (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “toddy”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- thoughtfuln…
thoughtfulness
49,731 corpus weight
- thousandth
thousandth
49,730 corpus weight
- tittle
tittle
49,727 corpus weight
- toddy
toddy
49,726 corpus weight
- toleration
toleration
49,724 corpus weight
- topsoil
topsoil
49,723 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “toddy” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | toddy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #50,275 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “toddy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
toddy is uncommon English at frequency #50,275 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
toddy has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Hindi ताड़ी (tāṛī), ultimately from Dravidian. The correct English form is toddy, spelled T-O-D-D-Y.
Definition
- 1The sweet sap from any of several tropical trees fermented to make an alcoholic drink.
- 2The drink itself.
- 3Ellipsis of hot toddy.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how toddy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] the cocoa-nut tree yields a pure draught from a dry and barren land; a cup of water to the temperate and thirsty traveler; a cup of cream from the pressed kernel; a cup of refreshing and sparkling toddy to the early riser; […]
Moti Guj was very fond of liquor—arrack for choice, though he would drink palm-tree toddy if nothing better offered.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi ताड़ी (tāṛī), ultimately from Dravidian.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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