Toohey
"toohey" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Toohey” is uncommon English (frequency #81,907 among 27,828 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,907
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname from Irish.
Corpus desk
Index EN-toohey · Toohey · English
Toohey · rank #81,907 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,907
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 27,828
- PHOTO-FINISH TNR
Nearest frequency peer: TNR (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Toohey”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Tientsin
Tientsin
18,098 corpus weight
- Tirpitz
Tirpitz
18,097 corpus weight
- TNR
TNR
18,095 corpus weight
- Toohey
Toohey
18,094 corpus weight
- Tooley
Tooley
18,092 corpus weight
- toque
toque
18,090 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Toohey” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Toohey |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #81,907 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Toohey” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Toohey is uncommon English at frequency #81,907 among 27,828 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Irish.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Toohey, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Irish Ó Tuathaigh (“descendant of the chief”). The correct English form is Toohey, spelled T-O-O-H-E-Y.
Definition
- 1A surname from Irish.
Etymology
From Irish Ó Tuathaigh (“descendant of the chief”).
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.