tomou

/to.ˈmow/, /to.ˈmo/

//to.ˈmow/, /to.ˈmo// verb

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The verdict

“tomou” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #2,120. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,120
frequency rank, Portuguese
917
“T” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - terceira pessoa do singular do pretérito perfeito do indicativo do verbo tomar

Corpus desk

Index PT-tomou · tomou · Portuguese

tomou · rank #2,120 · 6 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,120
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 917
  • PHOTO-FINISH seres

Nearest frequency peer: seres (-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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “tomou”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “tomou” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

tomou vs topo
60% similar
tomou vs toro
60% similar
tomou vs tool
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for tomou
PropertyValue
Headwordtomou
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/to.ˈmow/, /to.ˈmo/
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,120
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “tomou”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).tomoucai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “seres” (#2,119), “tradição” (#2,121), “Rodrigo” (#2,117). Entre 917 lemas com “T”, “tomou” fica em #2,120. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around tomou (IPA /to.ˈmow/, /to.ˈmo/), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,120 among 917 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "terceira pessoa do singular do pretérito perfeito do indicativo do verbo tomar".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for tomou, with forms such as "otmou", "tmoou", and "tommou". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "topo", "toro", "tool", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 tomou, spelled T-O-M-O-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    terceira pessoa do singular do pretérito perfeito do indicativo do verbo tomar

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • otmou
  • tmoou
  • tommou
  • tomuo
  • toomu
  • ttomou

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tomou - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

otmou2tmoou2tommou1tomuo2toomu2ttomou1
Edit distance from "tomou"

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 "tomou"?
"tomou" is spelled T-O-M-O-U. The IPA pronunciation is /to.ˈmow/, /to.ˈmo/.
What does "tomou" mean?
As a verb, "tomou" means: terceira pessoa do singular do pretérito perfeito do indicativo do verbo tomar
What words are commonly confused with "tomou"?
"tomou" is commonly confused with "topo", "toro", "tool". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tomou"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tomou" is /to.ˈmow/, /to.ˈmo/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tomou" come from?
"tomou" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

seres#2,119bolsa#2,129braço#2,130bruno#2,131

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

ameaça6 variantságuas6 variantsaonde6 variantstoque6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list