tox
"tox" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tox” is uncommon English (frequency #61,175 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,175
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Clipping of toxicity.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tox · tox · English
tox · rank #61,175 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,175
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH trialled
Nearest frequency peer: trialled (+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 “tox”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Totten
Totten
38,828 corpus weight
- tox
tox
38,826 corpus weight
- trialled
trialled
38,825 corpus weight
- triceratops
triceratops
38,824 corpus weight
- Tsinghua
Tsinghua
38,823 corpus weight
- turboprop
turboprop
38,822 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “tox” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tox |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #61,175 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tox” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tox is uncommon English at frequency #61,175 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for tox in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Clippings. The correct English form is tox, spelled T-O-X.
Definition
- 1Clipping of toxicity.
- 2Clipping of toxicology.
- 3Clipping of Botox
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tox appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
His tox screen came back positive.
“How are you going to have a conversation around the patient’s positive tox screen results?” asked Dr. Lidya H. Wlasiuk, who teaches addiction awareness and interventions here at Boston University School of Medicine.
Etymology
Clippings.
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 September 2, 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 3 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.