tolley
"tolley" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tolley” is uncommon English (frequency #95,524 among 27,828 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,524
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Synonym of tawse (“strap or thong for corporal punishment in schools”).
Corpus desk
Index EN-tolley · tolley · English
tolley · rank #95,524 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,524
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 27,828
- PHOTO-FINISH togs
Nearest frequency peer: togs (-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 “tolley”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- titer
titer
4,482 corpus weight
- toccata
toccata
4,479 corpus weight
- togs
togs
4,478 corpus weight
- tolley
tolley
4,477 corpus weight
- Torrez
Torrez
4,476 corpus weight
- translatable
translatable
4,472 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “tolley” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tolley |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #95,524 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tolley” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tolley is uncommon English at frequency #95,524 among 27,828 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonym of tawse (“strap or thong for corporal punishment in schools”).".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tolley, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 tolley, spelled T-O-L-L-E-Y.
Definition
- 1Synonym of tawse (“strap or thong for corporal punishment in schools”).
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.