tecovstudoConfusable pair

Quick tell: teco is a noun, tudo is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#43,185
“teco” frequency rank
#61
“tudo” frequency rank
43246
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature teco tudo
Definition tiro de arma de fogo todas as coisas

Letter map: teco vs tudo

Shared letters muted; letters that set teco and tudo apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. teco and tudo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
teco
4 ch
tudo

Grammar separator: teco vs tudo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: teco is anoun and tudoapronoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43246, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

teco is recorded at frequency rank #43,185, classified as anoun. tudo is at rank #61, tagged as apron, pronounced /ˈtu.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 43246, this pair ranks #22,415 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of teco vs tudo

Shared letters: ot. Private to "teco": ce. Private to "tudo": du.

"teco" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "tudo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • teco ← etco · tceo · tecco · teoc · tteco
  • tudo ← tduo · ttudo · tuddo · tuod · utdo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "teco" and "tudo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "teco" is a noun and "tudo" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "teco" vs "tudo" - which ranks higher?
"tudo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #61 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 "tudo" 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 "tudo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #22,415 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "teco" and "tudo" 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 #22,415 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