Which to use
“Todd” is a name and “told” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,271
- “Todd” frequency rank
- #45,349
- “told” frequency rank
- 57620
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Todd | told |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom de famille. | Prétérit de tell. |
Letter map: Todd vs told
Shared letters muted; letters that set Todd and told apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for Todd / told
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Todd is aname and toldaverb. On the page they differ by a single letter - d in “Todd” becomes l in “told”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57620, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Todd is recorded at frequency rank #12,271, classified as aname. told is at rank #45,349, tagged as averb, pronounced \təʊld\.
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 57620, this pair ranks #113,939 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Todd vs told
Shared letters: dot. Private to "Todd": -. Private to "told": l.
"Todd" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "told" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Todd" and "told" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "Todd" vs "told" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "Todd" vs "told" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "Todd" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "told" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #113,939 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Todd" and "told" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tad vs told". 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 #113,939 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.