tofo
/ˈtofu/
The verdict
“tofo” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - induração calcária formada em órgãos ou perto das articulações
Corpus desk
Index PT-tofo · tofo · Portuguese
tofo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tofo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtofu/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “tofo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
tofo is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtofu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for tofo, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is tofo, spelled T-O-F-O.
Definition
- 1induração calcária formada em órgãos ou perto das articulações
- 2depósito sedimentar formado pelas cinzas e pelas pedras expelidas pelos vulcões
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.