todasvstoysConfusable pair

Quick tell: todas is a adjective, toys is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#135
“todas” frequency rank
#49,989
“toys” frequency rank
50124
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature todas toys
Definition Forma del femenino plural de todo. Forma del plural de toy.

Where the eye mixes todas and toys

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. todas runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against toys's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
todas
4 ch
toys

Look-alike desk: todas vs toys

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: todas is [ˈt̪oð̞as] while toys is /tɔɪz/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50124, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

todas is recorded at frequency rank #135, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈt̪oð̞as]. toys is at rank #49,989, tagged as anoun, pronounced /tɔɪz/.

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 50124, this pair ranks #104,953 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of todas vs toys

Shared letters: ost. Private to "todas": ad. Private to "toys": y.

"todas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "toys" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • todas ← otdas · tdoas · toads · todass · toddas · todsa · ttodas
  • toys ← otys · tosy · toyss · toyys · ttoys · tyos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "todas" and "toys" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "todas" is an adjective and "toys" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "todas" or "toys" show up more?
"todas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #135 in our Spanish list, against #49,989 for "toys". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "todas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "toys" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #104,953 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "todas" and "toys" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tomb 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 #104,953 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