Which to use
“toed” is an adjective and “totes” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,990
- “toed” frequency rank
- #31,383
- “totes” frequency rank
- 67373
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | toed | totes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Having (a specified number or type of) toes. | Totally. |
Letter map: toed vs totes
Shared letters muted; letters that set toed and totes apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. toed runs 4 letters (CVVC) against totes's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for toed / totes
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: toed is anadjective and totesanadverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67373, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
toed is recorded at frequency rank #35,990, classified as anadj, pronounced /təʊd/. totes is at rank #31,383, tagged as anadv.
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 67373, this pair ranks #63,598 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of toed vs totes
Shared letters: eot. Private to "toed": d. Private to "totes": s.
"toed" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "totes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "toed" for "totes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "toed" vs "totes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "toed" and "totes". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "toed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "totes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #63,598 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "toed" and "totes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "toed vs Toth". 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 #63,598 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.