todo vs toldo, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#34
“todo” frequency rank: #43,893
“toldo” frequency rank: 43927
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	todo	toldo
Definition	Que se considera completo tanto en sus atributos como en número.	Cubierta de tela que se tiende para hacer sombra.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set todo and toldo apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

4 ch

todo

5 ch

toldo

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: todo is [ˈt̪oð̞o] while toldo is [ˈt̪ol̪d̪o]. 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 43927, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

todo is recorded at frequency rank #34, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈt̪oð̞o]. 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 43927, this pair ranks #139,883 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of todo vs toldo

Shared letters: dot. Private to "todo": -. Private to "toldo": l.

"todo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "toldo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

todo ← otdo · tdoo · toddo · tood · ttodo
toldo ← otldo · tlodo · todlo · tolddo · tolldo · tolod · ttoldo

Frequency comparison

todo#34

toldo#43,893

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "todo" and "toldo" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "todo" is an adjective and "toldo" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "todo" or "toldo"?

"todo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34 in our Spanish list, against #43,893 for "toldo". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering todo vs toldo

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “todo”; for a noun, it's “toldo”.
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