Tokugawa
"tokugawa" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Tokugawa” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #47,386. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,386
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname from Japanese.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tokugawa · Tokugawa · English
Tokugawa · rank #47,386 · 11 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,386
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 27,828
- PHOTO-FINISH tints
Nearest frequency peer: tints (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Tokugawa”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Tiber
Tiber
52,618 corpus weight
- Tigger
Tigger
52,617 corpus weight
- tints
tints
52,616 corpus weight
- Tokugawa
Tokugawa
52,615 corpus weight
- tonk
tonk
52,614 corpus weight
- Trevelyan
Trevelyan
52,613 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Tokugawa” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tokugawa |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #47,386 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Tokugawa” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Tokugawa, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #47,386 among 27,828 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Tokugawa, with forms such as "otkugawa", "tkougawa", and "tokguawa". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Japanese 徳川 (Tokugawa). The correct English form is Tokugawa, spelled T-O-K-U-G-A-W-A.
Definition
- 1A surname from Japanese.
- 2Any of a family of shoguns that ruled Japan in the 17th to 19th centuries.
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 徳川 (Tokugawa).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- otkugawa
- tkougawa
- tokguawa
- tokkugawa
- tokuagwa
- tokugaaw
- tokugawwa
- tokuggawa
- tokugwaa
- toukgawa
- ttokugawa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Tokugawa - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Tokugawa", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.