Which to use
“Todd” is a name and “todo” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,271
- “Todd” frequency rank
- #48,831
- “todo” frequency rank
- 61102
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Todd | todo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom de famille. | Entier, total, tout. |
Letter map: Todd vs todo
Shared letters muted; letters that set Todd and todo apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for Todd / todo
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Todd is aname and todoanadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - d in “Todd” becomes o in “todo”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61102, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Todd is recorded at frequency rank #12,271, classified as aname. todo is at rank #48,831, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈto.ðo].
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 61102, this pair ranks #94,061 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Todd vs todo
Shared letters: dot. Private to "Todd": -. Private to "todo": -.
"Todd" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "todo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Todd" for "todo" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Todd" vs "todo" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Todd" and "todo".
- Full dictionary entry for "Todd" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "todo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #94,061 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Todd" and "todo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tad vs todo". 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 #94,061 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.