# Tokyo

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈtoʊ.ki.oʊ/ · frequency rank #4,558

## Definitions
1. A prefecture and capital city of Japan.
2. The Japanese government.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 東(とう)京(きょう) (Tōkyō, literally “eastern capital”), as opposed to Kyoto in the west, from Middle Chinese 東 (tuwng, “east”) + 京 (kjaeng, “capital”).

## Easily confused with
- **too** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tokyo-vs-too)
- **toy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tokyo-vs-toy)
- **Tony** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tokyo-vs-tony)
- **toys** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tokyo-vs-toys)
- **Tory** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tokyo-vs-tory)
- **toro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tokyo-vs-toro)
- **torso** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tokyo-vs-torso)
- **Tonya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tokyo-vs-tonya)
- **tonto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tokyo-vs-tonto)
- **Tok** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tok-vs-tokyo)
- **TKO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tko-vs-tokyo)
- **toby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toby-vs-tokyo)
- **Togo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/togo-vs-tokyo)
- **toke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toke-vs-tokyo)
- **token** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/token-vs-tokyo)

## Common misspellings (7)
`otkyo`, `tkoyo`, `tokkyo`, `tokoy`, `tokyyo`, `toyko`, `ttokyo`

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