# tonto

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #43,424

## Definitions
1. Synonym of idiot: someone who is foolish or stupid.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish tonto (“stupid, foolish; idiot, fool”), of uncertain etymology. Originally in US use but now chiefly British. Cf. earlier Tonto, with which it is sometimes confused.

## Easily confused with
- **too** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tonto-vs-too)
- **tot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tonto-vs-tot)
- **Tony** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tonto-vs-tony)
- **tote** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tonto-vs-tote)
- **toro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tonto-vs-toro)
- **tout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tonto-vs-tout)
- **tort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tonto-vs-tort)
- **toot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tonto-vs-toot)
- **Toth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tonto-vs-toth)
- **tooth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tonto-vs-tooth)
- **torso** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tonto-vs-torso)
- **Tonya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tonto-vs-tonya)
- **torts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tonto-vs-torts)
- **toots** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tonto-vs-toots)
- **Toronto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tonto-vs-toronto)
- **ton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ton-vs-tonto)
- **TNT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tnt-vs-tonto)
- **tone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tone-vs-tonto)
- **tons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tons-vs-tonto)
- **tent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tent-vs-tonto)

## Common misspellings (7)
`otnto`, `tnoto`, `tonnto`, `tonot`, `tontto`, `totno`, `ttonto`

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