toque
The verdict
“toque” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #2,027 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #2,027
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ato de tocar
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | toque |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #2,027 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “toque” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for toque is 5 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #2,027 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for toque, with forms such as "otque", "toqeu", and "toqque". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "true", "tous", "torre", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is toque, spelled T-O-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1ato de tocar
- 2breve contato físico com alguém
- 3pancada
- 4percussão
- 5sabor ou cheiro especial nos vinhos
- 6vestígio
- 7inspiração
- 8mancha que constitui o início do apodrecimento da fruta
- 9ritmo tocado com atabaque nos rituais afro-brasileiros
- 10aviso, indicação
- 11informação útil
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: otque,toqeu,toqque,touqe,tqoue,ttoque
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of toque - 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.
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.
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Using “toque”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-O-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “true” - see the side-by-side comparison. toque vs true
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.