Which to use
“toby” and “tory” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,711
- “toby” frequency rank
- #29,176
- “tory” frequency rank
- 52887
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | toby | tory |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Poisson des récifs coralliens. | Nom qu’on a donné en Angleterre aux partisans de Charles II, et qui depuis est resté le nom générique du parti conservateur. |
Where the eye mixes toby and tory
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: toby vs tory
A purely visual mix-up. toby (\tɔ.bi\) and tory (\tɔ.ʁi\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - b in “toby” becomes r in “tory”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52887, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
toby is recorded at frequency rank #23,711, classified as anoun, pronounced \tɔ.bi\. tory is at rank #29,176, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tɔ.ʁi\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 52887, this pair ranks #144,564 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of toby vs tory
Shared letters: oty. Private to "toby": b. Private to "tory": r.
"toby" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "tory" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "toby" and "tory" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "toby" or "tory"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "toby" and "tory" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "toby" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tory" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #144,564 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "toby" and "tory" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tory vs turf". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #144,564 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.