Which to use
“tilde” and “toldo” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,332
- “tilde” frequency rank
- #43,893
- “toldo” frequency rank
- 68225
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tilde | toldo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | El acento agudo; marca gráfica ´ que se usa, en castellano, para indicar la sílaba en donde recae el acento prosódico cuando las reglas ortográficas prescriben que es necesario hacerlo o que, de lo contrario, caería en otra sílaba. | Cubierta de tela que se tiende para hacer sombra. |
Where the eye mixes tilde and toldo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. tilde and toldo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between tilde and toldo
A purely visual mix-up. tilde ([ˈt̪il̪d̪e]) and toldo ([ˈt̪ol̪d̪o]) 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 68225, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tilde is recorded at frequency rank #24,332, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈt̪il̪d̪e]. toldo is at rank #43,893, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈt̪ol̪d̪o].
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 68225, this pair ranks #35,070 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tilde vs toldo
Shared letters: dlt. Private to "tilde": ei. Private to "toldo": o.
"tilde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "toldo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tilde" and "toldo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "tilde" vs "toldo" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "tilde" and "toldo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "tilde" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "toldo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #35,070 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tilde" and "toldo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "toldo 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 #35,070 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.