toho

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"toho" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“toho” is uncommon English (frequency #66,351 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,351
frequency rank, English
3,151
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tallyho (used to urge on a fox hunt)

Corpus desk

Index EN-toho · toho · English

toho · rank #66,351 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,351
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,151
  • PHOTO-FINISH toboggan

Nearest frequency peer: toboggan (-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 “toho”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “toho” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for toho
PropertyValue
Headwordtoho
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechInterjection
Letters4
Frequency rank#66,351
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “toho” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).tohofalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “toboggan” (#66,350), “Toba” (#66,349), “tormentor” (#66,353). Among 3,151 “T” headwords, “toho” is #66,351. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

toho is uncommon English at frequency #66,351 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "tallyho (used to urge on a fox hunt)".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for toho, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is toho, spelled T-O-H-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    tallyho (used to urge on a fox hunt)

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. "Toho!" shouted Duncan, holding up his hand, and the old dog, to my great surprise, imitated Don's action at once, he became cataleptic and rigid also.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "toho"?
"toho" is spelled T-O-H-O.
What does "toho" mean?
As an interjection, "toho" means: tallyho (used to urge on a fox hunt)
What language does "toho" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "toho", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list