toldo

/ˈtoɫ.du/

//ˈtoɫ.du// noun

The verdict

“toldo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #57,041 among 917 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,041
frequency rank, Portuguese
917
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - peça destinada a abrigar do sol e da chuva

Corpus desk

Index PT-toldo · toldo · Portuguese

toldo · rank #57,041 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,041
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 917
  • PHOTO-FINISH tomilho

Nearest frequency peer: tomilho (+1 rank slots)

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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “toldo”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “toldo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for toldo
PropertyValue
Headwordtoldo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈtoɫ.du/
Letters5
Frequency rank#57,041
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “toldo” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).toldocai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “tomilho” (#57,042), “torcicolo” (#57,043), “trapacear” (#57,046). Entre 917 lemas com “T”, “toldo” fica em #57,041. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

toldo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #57,041 among 917 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtoɫ.du/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "peça destinada a abrigar do sol e da chuva".

No misspelling variants are generated for toldo in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is toldo, spelled T-O-L-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    peça destinada a abrigar do sol e da chuva

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how toldo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Durante a manhã, a emissora transmite ao vivo entrevistas num estúdio improvisado debaixo de um toldo montado na rua, em Haret Hreik.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "toldo"?
"toldo" is spelled T-O-L-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈtoɫ.du/.
What does "toldo" mean?
As a noun, "toldo" means: peça destinada a abrigar do sol e da chuva
How do you pronounce "toldo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "toldo" is /ˈtoɫ.du/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "toldo" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "toldo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list