# tell vs told

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### tell
*verb · frequency rank #9,770*
contar, narrar

### told
*noun · IPA /tɔl/, [tˢʌlˀ], [ˈtʌlˀ] · frequency rank #29,938*
taxa; tarifa (imposto cobrado sobre bens importados ou, em casos mais raros, exportados)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tell-vs-told