# Tonkin

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #45,128

## Definitions
1. A surname transferred from the given name.

## Etymology
From a medieval diminutive form of the given name Thomas.

## Easily confused with
- **toxin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tonkin-vs-toxin)
- **Toni** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toni-vs-tonkin)
- **tonk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tonk-vs-tonkin)
- **token** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/token-vs-tonkin)
- **tonic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tonic-vs-tonkin)
- **takin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/takin-vs-tonkin)
- **Tobin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tobin-vs-tonkin)
- **Tomlin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tomlin-vs-tonkin)
- **toning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toning-vs-tonkin)
- **Tolkien** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tolkien-vs-tonkin)
- **tanking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tanking-vs-tonkin)
- **Tomkins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tomkins-vs-tonkin)

## Common misspellings (9)
`otnkin`, `tnokin`, `toknin`, `tonikn`, `tonkinn`, `tonkkin`, `tonkni`, `tonnkin`, `ttonkin`

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