Uncle Tom
"uncle-tom" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Uncle Tom” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A black man who is servile towards white authority and accepting of white supremacy, a black race traitor.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Uncle Tom |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Uncle Tom” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Uncle Tom is 9 letters long, classified as a noun. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A black man who is servile towards white authority and accepting of white supremacy, a black race traitor.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Uncle Tom, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Referring to the character in the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. The correct English form is Uncle Tom, spelled U-N-C-L-E- -T-O-M.
Definition
- 1A black man who is servile towards white authority and accepting of white supremacy, a black race traitor.
Etymology
Referring to the character in the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Uncle Tom”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is U-N-C-L-E- -T-O-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.