tome
/təʊm/
"tome" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tome” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #22,247. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,247
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - One in a series of volumes.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tome · tome · English
tome · rank #22,247 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,247
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 27,828
- PHOTO-FINISH tonne
Nearest frequency peer: tonne (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “tome”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- tic
tic
77,757 corpus weight
- timeout
timeout
77,756 corpus weight
- tome
tome
77,754 corpus weight
- tonne
tonne
77,753 corpus weight
- totalitarian
totalitarian
77,752 corpus weight
- tramp
tramp
77,751 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “tome” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | tome |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /təʊm/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #22,247 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tome” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around tome (IPA /təʊm/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,247 among 27,828 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for tome, with forms such as "otme", "tmoe", and "toem". 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, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French tome, from Latin tomus (“section of larger work”), from Ancient Greek τόμος (tómos, “section, roll of papyrus, volume”), from τέμνω (témnō, “I cut, separate”). The correct English form is tome, spelled T-O-M-E.
Definition
- 1One in a series of volumes.
- 2A large or scholarly book.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tome appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The professor pulled a dusty old tome from the bookshelf.
And Sam presents Tyrion with A Song Of Ice And Fire, a tome in which Tyrion’s own role, far from that of the clever hero or Machiavellian snake, doesn’t even exist.
Etymology
From Middle French tome, from Latin tomus (“section of larger work”), from Ancient Greek τόμος (tómos, “section, roll of papyrus, volume”), from τέμνω (témnō, “I cut, separate”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- otme
- tmoe
- toem
- tomme
- ttome
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tome - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tome", 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).
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.