# Tombs

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #18,718

## Definitions
1. A surname originating as a patronymic.

## Etymology
From Tom + the patronymic suffix -s.

## Easily confused with
- **TOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tombs-vs-tos)
- **tons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tombs-vs-tons)
- **toys** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tombs-vs-toys)
- **tops** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tombs-vs-tops)
- **toss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tombs-vs-toss)
- **tome** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tombs-vs-tome)
- **tools** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tombs-vs-tools)
- **towns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tombs-vs-towns)
- **Tommy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tombs-vs-tommy)
- **Tours** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tombs-vs-tours)
- **tones** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tombs-vs-tones)
- **totes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tombs-vs-totes)
- **tongs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tombs-vs-tongs)
- **torts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tombs-vs-torts)
- **Tomes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tombs-vs-tomes)
- **toots** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tombs-vs-toots)
- **torus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tombs-vs-torus)
- **tom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tom-vs-tombs)
- **TMS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tms-vs-tombs)
- **toes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toes-vs-tombs)

## Common misspellings (8)
`otmbs`, `tmobs`, `tobms`, `tombbs`, `tombss`, `tommbs`, `tomsb`, `ttombs`

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