Thomas

\tɔ.ma\

/\tɔ.ma\/ name

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The verdict

“Thomas” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,791. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,791
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-thomas · Thomas · French

Thomas · rank #1,791 · 9 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,791
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH TV

Nearest frequency peer: TV (+1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Thomas »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Thomas » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Thomas vs tomes
50% similar
Thomas vs tomas
67% similar
Thomas vs thons
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Thomas
PropertyValue
HeadwordThomas
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\tɔ.ma\
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,791
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Thomas »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Thomasse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « TV » (#1,792), « séance » (#1,789), « urgence » (#1,793). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « Thomas » est au #1,791. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Thomas (IPA \tɔ.ma\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #1,791 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Thomas, with forms such as "htomas", "thhomas", and "thmoas". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "tomes", "tomas", "thons", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Thomas, spelled T-H-O-M-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille.
  2. 2
    Nom du compositeur français Ambroise Thomas (1811-1896).
  3. 3
    Quelqu’un disait jadis, peut-être Saint-Saëns, qu’il y avait trois sortes de musique : la bonne musique, la mauvaise musique, et la musique d’Ambroise Thomas. — (Léon-Paul Fargue, Le Piéton de Paris, Gallimard, 1939)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Thomas appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Teddy Thomas, Quentin Lespiaucq, Georges-Henri Colombe Reazel et Thierry Paiva, eux, étaient encore présents au milieu de leurs nouveaux coéquipiers.
  2. Signe que le nouveau centre d’excellence attire, plusieurs navigateurs se sont entraînés sous la houlette du Vendéen Étienne Saïz, l’ancien coach de Xavier Macaire. L’Allemand Jörg Riechers, la Vendéenne Charlotte Yven, l’Irlandais Kenneth Rumball, et des Rochelais : Alexis Thomas (26 ans, « Ma chance moi aussi », Robin Marais (35 ans, « Charente-Maritime…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • htomas
  • thhomas
  • thmoas
  • thoams
  • thomass
  • thommas
  • thomsa
  • tohmas
  • tthomas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Thomas - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

htomas2thhomas1thmoas2thoams2thomass1thommas1thomsa2tohmas2
Edit distance from "Thomas"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Thomas"?
"Thomas" is spelled T-H-O-M-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is \tɔ.ma\.
What does "Thomas" mean?
As a proper noun, "Thomas" means: Nom de famille.
What words are commonly confused with "Thomas"?
"Thomas" is commonly confused with "tomes", "tomas", "thons". 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 \tɔ.ma\. 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 French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Thomas", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

séance#1,789pensez#1,782obligé#1,780cancer#1,804

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

jardin9 variantsindique9 variantsfleurs9 variantscartes9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list