toon
/ˈtuːn/noun
toon is spelled T-O-O-N: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, toon means “A cartoon, especially an animated television show” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of toon is toons or 'toons.
How many letters and syllables are in toon?
| Letters | 4: T-O-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 27,820th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is toon?
Toon appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce toon?
- /ˈtuːn/
As a noun (“Alternative form of town”): /tuːn/, /ˈtuːn/.
Toon has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-toon.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with toon
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: town.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with toon?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as toon.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: onto.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of toon
- toons plural
- 'toon
- 'toons plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does toon mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
informalA cartoon, especially an animated television show.
- 2
informalA player's avatar or visible character in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game.
- 3
informalAn animated cartoon character.
- 4
A southeast Asian and Australian tree (Toona ciliata or Toona australis) of the mahogany family with fragrant dark red wood and flowers that yield a dye.
- 5
The wood of this tree.
- 6
Alternative form of town.
- 7
Eye dialect spelling of tune.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Toon in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense cartoon:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | BD, bande dessinée |
| Portuguese | desenho |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does toon come from?
Abbreviation of cartoon.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).