# toilet

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtɔɪ.lət/ · frequency rank #4,276

## Definitions
1. A room, enclosed area or single-purpose building containing a fixture or fixtures used for urination and defecation; a bathroom or water closet.
2. A room, enclosed area or single-purpose building containing a fixture or fixtures used for urination and defecation; a bathroom or water closet.
3. A fixture used for urination and defecation, particularly one with a large bowl and ring-shaped seat which uses water to flush the waste material into a septic tank or sewer system.
4. A very shabby or dirty place.
5. A covering of linen, silk, or tapestry, spread over a dressing table in a chamber or dressing room.
6. The table covered by such a cloth; a dressing table.
7. Personal grooming; the process of washing, dressing and arranging the hair.
8. One's style of dressing: dress, outfit.
9. A dressing room.
10. A chamber pot.
11. A woman.

## Etymology
From Middle French toilette, diminutive of toile (“cloth”), from their use to protect clothing while shaving or arranging hair. From its use as a private room, toilet came to refer euphemistically to lavatories and then to its fixtures, beginning in the United States in the late 19th century.

## Easily confused with
- **triplet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toilet-vs-triplet)
- **tile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tile-vs-toilet)
- **tilt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tilt-vs-toilet)
- **toil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toil-vs-toilet)
- **Tibet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tibet-vs-toilet)
- **tablet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tablet-vs-toilet)
- **tailed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tailed-vs-toilet)

## Common misspellings (8)
`otilet`, `tiolet`, `toielt`, `toilett`, `toillet`, `toilte`, `toliet`, `ttoilet`

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