Which to use
“Todd” is a name and “tos” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,271
- “Todd” frequency rank
- #48,234
- “tos” frequency rank
- 60505
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Todd | tos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom de famille. | Élève de première année à l’École polytechnique. |
Letter map: Todd vs tos
Shared letters muted; letters that set Todd and tos apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for Todd / tos
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Todd is aname and tosanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60505, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Todd is recorded at frequency rank #12,271, classified as aname. tos is at rank #48,234, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tos\.
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 60505, this pair ranks #97,244 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Todd vs tos
Shared letters: ot. Private to "Todd": d. Private to "tos": s.
"Todd" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "tos" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Todd ← otdd · tdod · tod · ttodd
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Todd" and "tos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "Todd" vs "tos" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Todd" and "tos".
- Full dictionary entry for "Todd" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #97,244 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Todd" and "tos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tif vs tos". 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 #97,244 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.