# told vs tops

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### tops
*adverb · IPA /tɒps/ · frequency rank #6,425*
At the very most; as a maximum.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/told-vs-tops