tomahawk
/ˈtɑ.mə.hɔk/
"tomahawk" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tomahawk” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #33,457. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,457
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An axe used by Native American warriors, originally made of stone, bone, or antler.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tomahawk |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtɑ.mə.hɔk/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #33,457 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tomahawk” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around tomahawk (IPA /ˈtɑ.mə.hɔk/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,457 among 27,828 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for tomahawk, with forms such as "otmahawk", "tmoahawk", and "toamhawk". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From an Eastern Algonquian word, most likely Powhatan tumahák; compare also Malecite-Passamaquoddy tomhikon (“axe”), Abenaki temahigan, demahigan (“axe”). The correct English form is tomahawk, spelled T-O-M-A-H-A-W-K.
Definition
- 1An axe used by Native American warriors, originally made of stone, bone, or antler.
- 2A dunk performed with one's arm behind one's head.
- 3A geometric construction consisting of a semicircle and two line segments that serves as a tool for trisecting an angle; so called from its resemblance to the American Indian axe.
- 4A field hockey shot style that involves a player turning their hockey stick upside-down and swinging it so that its inside edge will come into contact with the ball.
Etymology
From an Eastern Algonquian word, most likely Powhatan tumahák; compare also Malecite-Passamaquoddy tomhikon (“axe”), Abenaki temahigan, demahigan (“axe”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- otmahawk
- tmoahawk
- toamhawk
- tomaahwk
- tomahakw
- tomahawkk
- tomahawwk
- tomahhawk
- tomahwak
- tomhaawk
- tommahawk
- ttomahawk
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tomahawk - 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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Using “tomahawk”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-O-M-A-H-A-W-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈtɑ.mə.hɔk/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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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.