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“tallos” and “toldos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#20,524
“tallos” frequency rank
#43,294
“toldos” frequency rank
63818
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tallos toldos
Definition Forma del plural de tallo. Forma del plural de toldo.

Where the eye mixes tallos and toldos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. tallos and toldos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
tallos
6 ch
toldos

Look-alike desk: tallos vs toldos

A purely visual mix-up. tallos ([ˈt̪aʝos]) and toldos ([ˈt̪ol̪d̪os]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63818, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tallos is recorded at frequency rank #20,524, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈt̪aʝos]. toldos is at rank #43,294, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈt̪ol̪d̪os].

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 63818, this pair ranks #47,500 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of tallos vs toldos

Shared letters: lost. Private to "tallos": a. Private to "toldos": d.

"tallos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "toldos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tallos ← atllos · talloss · tallso · talols · talos · tlalos · ttallos
  • toldos ← otldos · tlodos · todlos · tolddos · toldoss · toldso · tolldos · tolods

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "tallos" and "toldos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈt̪aʝos] versus [ˈt̪ol̪d̪os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "tallos" vs "toldos" - which ranks higher?
"tallos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,524 in our Spanish list, against #43,294 for "toldos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "tallos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "toldos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #47,500 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tallos" and "toldos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tildes vs toldos". 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 #47,500 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list