# Toyota

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /tɔɪˈəʊtə/ · frequency rank #7,754

## Definitions
1. A surname from Japanese.
2. A city near Nagoya in Japan, where the eponymous manufacturer has its headquarters.
3. The Toyota Motor Corporation, a Japanese manufacturer of cars.
4. A brand of car manufactured by Toyota.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese トヨタ (Toyota), from the name of the Toyoda family. The spelling was changed to Toyota because of a belief that it sounded better, or because トヨタ takes eight strokes to write, and 8 is considered lucky.

## Easily confused with
- **toot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toot-vs-toyota)
- **tooth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tooth-vs-toyota)
- **toots** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toots-vs-toyota)

## Common misspellings (8)
`otyota`, `tooyta`, `toyoat`, `toyotta`, `toytoa`, `toyyota`, `ttoyota`, `tyoota`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/toyota