todovstoldosTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#34
“todo” frequency rank
#43,294
“toldos” frequency rank
43328
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature todo toldos
Definition Que se considera completo tanto en sus atributos como en número. Forma del plural de toldo.

Where the eye mixes todo and toldos

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

4 ch
todo
6 ch
toldos

Visual trap between todo and toldos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: todo is [ˈt̪oð̞o] while toldos is [ˈt̪ol̪d̪os]. 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 (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43328, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

todo is recorded at frequency rank #34, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈt̪oð̞o]. toldos is at rank #43,294, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈt̪ol̪d̪os].

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 43328, this pair ranks #143,274 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of todo vs toldos

Shared letters: dot. Private to "todo": -. Private to "toldos": ls.

"todo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "toldos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • todootdo · tdoo · toddo · tood · ttodo
  • toldosotldos · tlodos · todlos · tolddos · toldoss · toldso · tolldos · tolods

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "todo" for "toldos" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "todo" is an adjective and "toldos" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "todo" or "toldos"?
"todo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34 in our Spanish list, against #43,294 for "toldos". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "todo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "toldos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #143,274 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "todo" and "toldos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tildes vs toldos". 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 #143,274 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