temosvstodosWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: temos is a verb, todos is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“temos” is a verb and “todos” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#292
“temos” frequency rank
#67
“todos” frequency rank
359
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature temos todos
Definition primeira pessoa do plural do presente do indicativo do verbo ter o conjunto dos membros ou participantes de algo

Letter map: temos vs todos

Shared letters muted; letters that set temos and todos apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
temos
5 ch
todos

Grammar separator: temos vs todos

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: temos is averb and todosapronoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 359, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

temos is recorded at frequency rank #292, classified as averb. todos is at rank #67, tagged as apron.

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 359, this pair ranks #75,275 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of temos vs todos

Shared letters: ost. Private to "temos": em. Private to "todos": d.

"temos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "todos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • temosetmos · temmos · temoss · temso · teoms · tmeos · ttemos
  • todosotdos · tdoos · toddos · todoss · todso · toods · ttodos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "temos" and "todos" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "temos" is a verb and "todos" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "temos" or "todos" show up more?
"todos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #67 in our Portuguese list, against #292 for "temos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "temos" and "todos".

  • Full dictionary entry for "temos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "todos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #75,275 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "temos" and "todos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "todos vs tous". 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 #75,275 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