Toombs
"toombs" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Toombs” is uncommon English (frequency #85,865 among 27,828 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,865
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A surname originating as a patronymic.
Corpus desk
Index EN-toombs · Toombs · English
Toombs · rank #85,865 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,865
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 27,828
- PHOTO-FINISH tooltip
Nearest frequency peer: tooltip (-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 “Toombs”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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14,140 corpus weight
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14,139 corpus weight
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14,138 corpus weight
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14,137 corpus weight
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14,136 corpus weight
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14,133 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Toombs” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Toombs |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #85,865 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Toombs” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Toombs is uncommon English at frequency #85,865 among 27,828 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname originating as a patronymic.".
Toombs has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Tom + the patronymic suffix -s. The correct English form is Toombs, spelled T-O-O-M-B-S.
Definition
- 1A surname originating as a patronymic.
Etymology
From Tom + the patronymic suffix -s.
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.