Tolson
"tolson" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Tolson” is uncommon English (frequency #84,833 among 27,828 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,833
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tolson · Tolson · English
Tolson · rank #84,833 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,833
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 27,828
- PHOTO-FINISH Toyoda
Nearest frequency peer: Toyoda (+2 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 “Tolson”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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15,175 corpus weight
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15,174 corpus weight
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15,172 corpus weight
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Tolson
15,168 corpus weight
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Toyoda
15,166 corpus weight
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15,163 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Tolson” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tolson |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #84,833 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Tolson” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Tolson is uncommon English at frequency #84,833 among 27,828 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname.".
Tolson doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: * As an English surname, from Middle English personal name Tolle (see Towle) + -son. * Also as an English surname, from the place Toulston in Yorkshire. The correct English form is Tolson, spelled T-O-L-S-O-N.
Definition
- 1A surname.
Etymology
* As an English surname, from Middle English personal name Tolle (see Towle) + -son. * Also as an English surname, from the place Toulston in Yorkshire.
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.