# told vs toledo

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### told
*verb · IPA /təʊld/ · frequency rank #268*
simple past and past participle of tell

### toledo
*noun · frequency rank #14,651*
A sword or sword blade made at Toledo in Spain, a city famous in the 16th and 17th centuries for the excellence of its weapons.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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