torii
/ˈtoɹi/
"torii" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“torii” is uncommon English (frequency #74,586 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,586
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A traditional Japanese gate at Shinto shrines, symbolically marking the transition from the profane to the sacred.
Corpus desk
Index EN-torii · torii · English
torii · rank #74,586 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,586
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH tope
Nearest frequency peer: tope (-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 “torii”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- tocopherol
tocopherol
25,421 corpus weight
- Tojo
Tojo
25,420 corpus weight
- Toland
Toland
25,418 corpus weight
- tope
tope
25,416 corpus weight
- torii
torii
25,415 corpus weight
- tractable
tractable
25,410 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “torii” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | torii |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtoɹi/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #74,586 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “torii” in English
Rare enough to double-check
torii is uncommon English at frequency #74,586 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtoɹi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A traditional Japanese gate at Shinto shrines, symbolically marking the transition from the profane to the sacred.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for torii in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Japanese 鳥居 (torii, literally “bird abode”). The correct English form is torii, spelled T-O-R-I-I.
Definition
- 1A traditional Japanese gate at Shinto shrines, symbolically marking the transition from the profane to the sacred.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how torii appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The torii marks the entrance to the sacred grounds of a shrine. There are a variety of types of torii, each with a unique history. Regardless of origin, the torii is inseparably identified with the image of Shinto.
Etymology
From Japanese 鳥居 (torii, literally “bird abode”).
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).