todovstrozoTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#34
“todo” frequency rank
#8,732
“trozo” frequency rank
8766
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature todo trozo
Definition Que se considera completo tanto en sus atributos como en número. Lo que está separado del resto, o considerado aisladamente de algo mayor del que forma parte.

Where the eye mixes todo and trozo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
todo
5 ch
trozo

Look-alike desk: todo vs trozo

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: todo is [ˈt̪oð̞o] while trozo is [ˈt̪ɾoso]. 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 8766, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

todo is recorded at frequency rank #34, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈt̪oð̞o]. trozo is at rank #8,732, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈt̪ɾoso].

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 8766, this pair ranks #303,995 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of todo vs trozo

Shared letters: ot. Private to "todo": d. Private to "trozo": rz.

"todo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "trozo" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • todootdo · tdoo · toddo · tood · ttodo
  • trozortozo · torzo · trooz · trozzo · trrozo · trzoo · ttrozo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "todo" for "trozo" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "todo" is an adjective and "trozo" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "todo" vs "trozo" - which ranks higher?
"todo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34 in our Spanish list, against #8,732 for "trozo". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "todo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "trozo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #303,995 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "todo" and "trozo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "trova vs trozo". 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 #303,995 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