Toomey
/ˈtuːmi/
"toomey" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Toomey” is uncommon English (frequency #51,452 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,452
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from Irish.
Corpus desk
Index EN-toomey · Toomey · English
Toomey · rank #51,452 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,452
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH tootsie
Nearest frequency peer: tootsie (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “Toomey”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- thorp
thorp
48,554 corpus weight
- tikka
tikka
48,553 corpus weight
- timur
timur
48,552 corpus weight
- Tokio
Tokio
48,551 corpus weight
- Toomey
Toomey
48,549 corpus weight
- tootsie
tootsie
48,548 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Toomey” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Toomey |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈtuːmi/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #51,452 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Toomey” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Toomey is uncommon English at frequency #51,452 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈtuːmi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname from Irish.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Toomey in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Tuama (“descendant of Tuaim”), a personal name apparently derived from tuaim (“burial mound”). The correct English form is Toomey, spelled T-O-O-M-E-Y.
Definition
- 1A surname from Irish.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Toomey appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
One Nation, a new 501(c)4 linked to the Karl-Rove-backed American Crossroads super PAC, is spending more than $1.9 million on print, radio and digital ads highlighting the efforts of Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk, North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr, New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte, Ohio Sen. Rob Portman and Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey to pass the “doc fix” legis…
Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Tuama (“descendant of Tuaim”), a personal name apparently derived from tuaim (“burial mound”).
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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