Thomas

//ˈtɒm.əs// name

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,123

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

Thomas is aSpanishname. It means: Nombre de pila de varón, equivalente del español Tomás. Pronounced /ˈtɒm.əs/. It ranks #4,123 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with toma and todas.

Key facts for Thomas
PropertyValue
HeadwordThomas
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechName
IPA/ˈtɒm.əs/
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,123
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Thomas in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Thomas is 6 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈtɒm.əs/. Corpus data places it at rank #4,123 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Nombre de pila de varón, equivalente del español Tomás.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Thomas, with forms such as "htomas", "thhomas", and "thmoas". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "toma", "todas", "tomar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is Thomas, spelled T-H-O-M-A-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nombre de pila de varón, equivalente del español Tomás.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: htomas,thhomas,thmoas,thoams,thomass,thommas,thomsa,tohmas,tthomas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Thomas

Misspelling Variants of "Thomas"

htomas6thhomas7thmoas6thoams6thomass7thommas7thomsa6tohmas6
Misspelling Variants of "Thomas"

Frequency rank: #4,123 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Thomas"?
"Thomas" is spelled T-H-O-M-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈtɒm.əs/.
What does "Thomas" mean?
As a name, "Thomas" means: Nombre de pila de varón, equivalente del español Tomás.
What words are commonly confused with "Thomas"?
"Thomas" is commonly confused with "toma", "todas", "tomar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Thomas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Thomas" is /ˈtɒm.əs/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Thomas" come from?
"Thomas" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter T in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.