tecovstodoWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: teco is a noun, todo is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“teco” is a noun and “todo” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#43,185
“teco” frequency rank
#111
“todo” frequency rank
43296
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature teco todo
Definition tiro de arma de fogo completo

Letter map: teco vs todo

Shared letters muted; letters that set teco and todo apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
teco
4 ch
todo

Role in the sentence - teco and todo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: teco is anoun and todoanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43296, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

teco is recorded at frequency rank #43,185, classified as anoun. todo is at rank #111, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈto.du/.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 43296, this pair ranks #22,355 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of teco vs todo

Shared letters: ot. Private to "teco": ce. Private to "todo": d.

"teco" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "todo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tecoetco · tceo · tecco · teoc · tteco
  • todootdo · tdoo · toddo · tood · ttodo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "teco" and "todo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "teco" is a noun and "todo" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "teco" or "todo"?
"todo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #111 in our Portuguese list, against #43,185 for "teco". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pair "teco" vs "todo" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "teco" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "todo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #22,355 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "teco" and "todo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "teco vs tufo". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #22,355 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list