# Troy

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /tɹɔɪ/ · frequency rank #7,757

## Definitions
1. An ancient city in what is now northwestern Turkey.
2. A male given name.
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## Etymology
From Latin Troia, from Ancient Greek Τροία (Troía).

## Easily confused with
- **Ty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/troy-vs-ty)
- **two** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/troy-vs-two)
- **try** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/troy-vs-try)
- **tru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/troy-vs-tru)
- **TRP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/troy-vs-trp)
- **true** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/troy-vs-true)
- **twos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/troy-vs-twos)
- **truly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/troy-vs-truly)
- **Trudy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/troy-vs-trudy)
- **Tyrol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/troy-vs-tyrol)
- **to** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/to-vs-troy)
- **too** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/too-vs-troy)
- **top** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/top-vs-troy)
- **tom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tom-vs-troy)
- **tho** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tho-vs-troy)
- **toy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toy-vs-troy)
- **ton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ton-vs-troy)
- **thy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/thy-vs-troy)
- **toe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toe-vs-troy)
- **tow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tow-vs-troy)

## Common misspellings (5)
`rtoy`, `troyy`, `trroy`, `tryo`, `ttroy`

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