tome
/toʊm/noun
tome is spelled T-O-M-E: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,073rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tome means “One in a series of volumes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tome is tomes.
How many letters and syllables are in tome?
| Letters | 4: T-O-M-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.6 times per million words; the 22,073rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is tome?
Tome appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,073rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce tome?
- UK /təʊm/
- US /toʊm/
Tome has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-tome.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with tome?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as tome from its last stressed vowel (/oʊm/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: mote.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of tome
- tomes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tome mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
One in a series of volumes.
- 2
A large or scholarly book.
The professor pulled a dusty old tome from the bookshelf.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tome in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | tome , pavé |
| German | Band , Wälzer, Schinken |
| Portuguese | tomo , calhamaço, alfarrábio |
| Spanish | tomo , mamotreto, librote, tocho |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does tome come from?
From Middle French tome, from Latin tomus (“section of larger work”), from Ancient Greek τόμος (tómos, “section, roll of papyrus, volume”), from τέμνω (témnō, “to cut, separate”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).