# tome

> English word · Noun · IPA /təʊm/ · frequency rank #22,247

## Definitions
1. One in a series of volumes.
2. A large or scholarly book.

## 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”).

## Easily confused with
- **too** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tome-vs-too)
- **top** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tome-vs-top)
- **toy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tome-vs-toy)
- **ton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tome-vs-ton)
- **tow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tome-vs-tow)
- **tor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tome-vs-tor)
- **TOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tome-vs-tos)
- **Tue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tome-vs-tue)
- **tot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tome-vs-tot)
- **tre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tome-vs-tre)
- **tum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tome-vs-tum)
- **tse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tome-vs-tse)
- **tye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tome-vs-tye)
- **TSM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tome-vs-tsm)
- **TOV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tome-vs-tov)
- **took** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tome-vs-took)
- **true** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tome-vs-true)
- **type** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tome-vs-type)
- **town** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tome-vs-town)
- **tour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tome-vs-tour)

## Common misspellings (5)
`otme`, `tmoe`, `toem`, `tomme`, `ttome`

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