toutvstuiWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: tout is a adverb, tui is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“tout” is an adverb and “tui” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#47,459
“tout” frequency rank
#42,740
“tui” frequency rank
90199
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tout tui
Definition Todo Genitivo de la segunda persona singular.

Where the eye mixes tout and tui

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
tout
3 ch
tui

Visual trap between tout and tui

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: tout is /ˈtutː/ while tui is /ˈtu.iː/. 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 (adverb vs pronoun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 90199, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tout is recorded at frequency rank #47,459, classified as anadv, pronounced /ˈtutː/. tui is at rank #42,740, tagged as apron, pronounced /ˈtu.iː/.

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 90199, this pair ranks #2,654 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of tout vs tui

Shared letters: tu. Private to "tout": o. Private to "tui": i.

"tout" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "tui" · 3 letters · shape CVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • toutotut · totu · toutt · ttout · tuot

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "tout" for "tui" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "tout" is an adverb and "tui" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "tout" or "tui" show up more?
"tui" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #42,740 in our Spanish list, against #47,459 for "tout". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "tout" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tui" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #2,654 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tout" and "tui" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tout 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 #2,654 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