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

#30,698
“tocados” frequency rank
#15,741
“tocas” frequency rank
46439
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tocados tocas
Definition Forma del plural de tocado. Nombre con que se concedía el abono de dos mensualidades a las viudas de empleados para los gastos de funeral y lutos.

Where the eye mixes tocados and tocas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
tocados
5 ch
tocas

Visual trap between tocados and tocas

A purely visual mix-up. tocados ([t̪oˈkað̞os]) and tocas ([ˈt̪okas]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46439, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tocados is recorded at frequency rank #30,698, classified as anoun, pronounced [t̪oˈkað̞os]. tocas is at rank #15,741, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈt̪okas].

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 46439, this pair ranks #125,712 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of tocados vs tocas

Shared letters: acost. Private to "tocados": d. Private to "tocas": -.

"tocados" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "tocas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tocadosotcados · tcoados · toacdos · tocaddos · tocadoss · tocadso · tocaods · toccados
  • tocasotcas · tcoas · toacs · tocass · toccas · tocsa · ttocas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "tocados" and "tocas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([t̪oˈkað̞os] versus [ˈt̪okas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "tocados" or "tocas" show up more?
"tocas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,741 in our Spanish list, against #30,698 for "tocados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "tocados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tocas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #125,712 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tocados" and "tocas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tocados vs torcidos". 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 #125,712 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