tocadovstodoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: tocado is a noun, todo is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“tocado” is a noun and “todo” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#5,159
“tocado” frequency rank
#34
“todo” frequency rank
5193
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tocado todo
Definition Atuendo, cubierta o prenda para la cabeza. Que se considera completo tanto en sus atributos como en número.

Where the eye mixes tocado and todo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
tocado
4 ch
todo

Visual trap between tocado and todo

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: tocado is [t̪oˈkað̞o] while todo is [ˈt̪oð̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5193, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tocado is recorded at frequency rank #5,159, classified as anoun, pronounced [t̪oˈkað̞o]. todo is at rank #34, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈt̪oð̞o].

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 5193, this pair ranks #314,259 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of tocado vs todo

Shared letters: dot. Private to "tocado": ac. Private to "todo": -.

"tocado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "todo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tocadootcado · tcoado · toacdo · tocaddo · tocaod · toccado · tocdao · ttocado
  • todootdo · tdoo · toddo · tood · ttodo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "tocado" and "todo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "tocado" is a noun and "todo" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "tocado" or "todo" show up more?
"todo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34 in our Spanish list, against #5,159 for "tocado". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "tocado" and "todo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "tocado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "todo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #314,259 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tocado" and "todo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tacaño vs tocado". 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 #314,259 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