todovstroWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#34
“todo” frequency rank
#43,903
“tro” frequency rank
43937
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature todo tro
Definition Que se considera completo tanto en sus atributos como en número. Trueno.

Where the eye mixes todo and tro

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. todo runs 4 letters (CVCV) against tro's 3 (CCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
todo
3 ch
tro

Visual trap between todo and tro

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: todo is [ˈt̪oð̞o] while tro is [ˈtɾo]. 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 43937, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

todo is recorded at frequency rank #34, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈt̪oð̞o]. tro is at rank #43,903, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈtɾo].

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 43937, this pair ranks #139,825 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of todo vs tro

Shared letters: ot. Private to "todo": d. Private to "tro": r.

"todo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "tro" · 3 letters · shape CCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • todo ← otdo · tdoo · toddo · tood · ttodo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "todo" for "tro" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "todo" is an adjective and "tro" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "todo" or "tro" show up more?
"todo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34 in our Spanish list, against #43,903 for "tro". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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 "tro" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #139,825 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "todo" and "tro" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tapo vs tro". 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 #139,825 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