Tompkins
"tompkins" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Tompkins” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #34,321. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #34,321
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname originating as a patronymic.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tompkins · Tompkins · English
Tompkins · rank #34,321 · 13 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #34,321
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH tirade
Nearest frequency peer: tirade (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Tompkins”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- TfL
TfL
65,683 corpus weight
- tipsy
tipsy
65,682 corpus weight
- tirade
tirade
65,681 corpus weight
- Tompkins
Tompkins
65,680 corpus weight
- topaz
topaz
65,679 corpus weight
- Torino
Torino
65,678 corpus weight
What this shows “Tompkins” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | Tompkins |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #34,321 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Tompkins”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Tompkins, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #34,321 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A surname originating as a patronymic.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Tompkins, with forms such as "otmpkins", "tmopkins", and "tomkpins". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Tomkins", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Variant of Tomkins, from a diminutive of the given name Thomas + the patronymic suffix -s. The correct English form is Tompkins, spelled T-O-M-P-K-I-N-S.
Definition
- 1A surname originating as a patronymic.
Etymology
Variant of Tomkins, from a diminutive of the given name Thomas + the patronymic suffix -s.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- otmpkins
- tmopkins
- tomkpins
- tommpkins
- tompikns
- tompkinns
- tompkinss
- tompkisn
- tompkkins
- tompknis
- tomppkins
- topmkins
- ttompkins
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Tompkins - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Tompkins", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).