# Tolstoy

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #29,126

## Definitions
1. A transliteration of the Russian surname Толстой (Tolstoj).

## Etymology
From Russian Толсто́й (Tolstój), from a stress variant of the ancestor of то́лстый (tólstyj, “stout”).

## Easily confused with
- **toasty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toasty-vs-tolstoy)

## Common misspellings (11)
`otlstoy`, `tlostoy`, `tollstoy`, `tolsoty`, `tolsstoy`, `tolstoyy`, `tolsttoy`, `tolstyo`, `toltsoy`, `tosltoy`, `ttolstoy`

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