# Tomes

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #46,822

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

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

## Easily confused with
- **TOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tomes-vs-tos)
- **tone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tomes-vs-tone)
- **tons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tomes-vs-tons)
- **toys** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tomes-vs-toys)
- **tops** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tomes-vs-tops)
- **toss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tomes-vs-toss)
- **tore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tomes-vs-tore)
- **tote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tomes-vs-tote)
- **tres** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tomes-vs-tres)
- **types** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tomes-vs-types)
- **trees** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tomes-vs-trees)
- **tools** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tomes-vs-tools)
- **tries** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tomes-vs-tries)
- **tower** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tomes-vs-tower)
- **towns** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tomes-vs-towns)
- **Tommy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tomes-vs-tommy)
- **Tours** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tomes-vs-tours)
- **towel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tomes-vs-towel)
- **tubes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tomes-vs-tubes)
- **tunes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tomes-vs-tunes)

## Common misspellings (7)
`otmes`, `tmoes`, `toems`, `tomess`, `tommes`, `tomse`, `ttomes`

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