toey
/toʊ.i/adjective
toey is spelled T-O-E-Y: 4 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, toey means “Agitated, anticipatory, excited (sometimes specifically sexually so), nervous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in toey?
| Letters | 4: T-O-E-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 21 million words; the 139,999th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is toey?
Toey appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 139,999th 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 toey?
- UK /təʊ.i/
- US /toʊ.i/
Toey has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-toey.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with toey
Sounds like: towy (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with toey?
8 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as toey from its last stressed vowel (/oʊi/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: yote.
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 toey
- toeier comparative
- toeyer comparative
- more toey comparative
- toeiest superlative
- toeyest superlative
- most toey superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does toey mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
AustraliaslangAgitated, anticipatory, excited (sometimes specifically sexually so), nervous.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does toey come from?
From toe + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).