toma
"toma" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“toma” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #49,101. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,101
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A semi-hard Italian cheese from Piedmont
Corpus desk
Index EN-toma · toma · English
toma · rank #49,101 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,101
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH tobe
Nearest frequency peer: tobe (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “toma”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- tidbit
tidbit
50,903 corpus weight
- tik
tik
50,902 corpus weight
- tobe
tobe
50,901 corpus weight
- toma
toma
50,900 corpus weight
- torturous
torturous
50,898 corpus weight
- torus
torus
50,897 corpus weight
What this shows “toma” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | toma |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #49,101 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “toma”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around toma, anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,101 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A semi-hard Italian cheese from Piedmont".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for toma, with forms such as "otma", "tmoa", and "toam". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "too", "top", "toy", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Italian toma. Cognate with Sicilian tuma. The correct English form is toma, spelled T-O-M-A.
Definition
- 1A semi-hard Italian cheese from Piedmont
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian toma. Cognate with Sicilian tuma.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- otma
- tmoa
- toam
- tomma
- ttoma
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of toma - 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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "toma", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).