tocovstourConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#8,064
“toco” frequency rank
#4,385
“tour” frequency rank
12449
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature toco tour
Definition Nicho u hornacina rectangular muy usado en la arquitectura incaica. Viaje de un artista, o por extensión de un turista, recorriendo varias plazas antes de retornar a su punto de partida

Where the eye mixes toco and tour

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
toco
4 ch
tour

Look-alike desk: toco vs tour

A purely visual mix-up. toco ([ˈt̪oko]) and tour ([ˈt̪uɾ]) 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 12449, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

toco is recorded at frequency rank #8,064, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈt̪oko]. tour is at rank #4,385, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈt̪uɾ].

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 12449, this pair ranks #291,516 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of toco vs tour

Shared letters: ot. Private to "toco": c. Private to "tour": ru.

"toco" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "tour" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tocootco · tcoo · tocco · tooc · ttoco
  • tourotur · toru · tourr · ttour · tuor

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "toco" and "tour" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈt̪oko] versus [ˈt̪uɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "toco" or "tour" show up more?
"tour" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,385 in our Spanish list, against #8,064 for "toco". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "toco" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tour" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #291,516 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "toco" and "tour" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "toco vs toys". 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 #291,516 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