Tojo
"tojo" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Tojo” is uncommon English (frequency #74,581 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,581
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Japanese.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tojo · Tojo · English
Tojo · rank #74,581 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,581
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH tocopherol
Nearest frequency peer: tocopherol (-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 “Tojo”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Thora
Thora
25,425 corpus weight
- thumbprint
thumbprint
25,423 corpus weight
- tocopherol
tocopherol
25,421 corpus weight
- Tojo
Tojo
25,420 corpus weight
- Toland
Toland
25,418 corpus weight
- tope
tope
25,416 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Tojo” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tojo |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #74,581 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Tojo” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Tojo is uncommon English at frequency #74,581 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Japanese.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Tojo, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Japanese 東條 (Tōjō). The correct English form is Tojo, spelled T-O-J-O.
Definition
- 1A surname from Japanese.
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 東條 (Tōjō).
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 "Tojo"?
What does "Tojo" mean?
What is the origin of the word "Tojo"?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Tojo", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).