toys
/tɔɪz/
"toys" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“toys” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,720. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,720
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of toy
Corpus desk
Index EN-toys · toys · English
toys · rank #4,720 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,720
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH suits
Nearest frequency peer: suits (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “toys”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- strikes
strikes
95,284 corpus weight
- suggesting
suggesting
95,283 corpus weight
- suits
suits
95,282 corpus weight
- toys
toys
95,281 corpus weight
- tracking
tracking
95,280 corpus weight
- tribute
tribute
95,279 corpus weight
What this shows “toys” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | toys |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tɔɪz/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #4,720 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “toys”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around toys (IPA /tɔɪz/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,720 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of toy".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for toys, with forms such as "otys", "tosy", and "toyss". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Ty", "TS", "try", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is toys, spelled T-O-Y-S.
Definition
- 1plural of toy
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- otys
- tosy
- toyss
- toyys
- ttoys
- tyos
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of toys - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "toys", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).