tomo

//ˈto.mu// noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,352

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

tomo is aPortuguesenoun. It means: volume de obra impressa ou manuscrita Pronounced /ˈto.mu/. It ranks #6,352 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with two and Tor.

Key facts for tomo
PropertyValue
Headwordtomo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈto.mu/
Letters4
Frequency rank#6,352
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of tomo in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for tomo is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈto.mu/. Corpus data places it at rank #6,352 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for tomo, with forms such as "otmo", "tmoo", and "tommo". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "two", "Tor", "tudo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is tomo, spelled T-O-M-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    volume de obra impressa ou manuscrita
  2. 2
    cada uma das partes de uma obra científica ou literária, que se brocharam ou encadernaram separadamente
  3. 3
    divisão, parte
  4. 4
    importância, valia

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: otmo,tmoo,tommo,toom,ttomo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for tomo

Misspelling Variants of "tomo"

otmo4tmoo4tommo5toom4ttomo5
Misspelling Variants of "tomo"

Frequency rank: #6,352 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tomo"?
"tomo" is spelled T-O-M-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈto.mu/.
What does "tomo" mean?
As a noun, "tomo" means: volume de obra impressa ou manuscrita
What words are commonly confused with "tomo"?
"tomo" is commonly confused with "two", "Tor", "tudo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tomo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tomo" is /ˈto.mu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tomo" come from?
"tomo" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter T in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.