tenvsTodWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#10,094
“ten” frequency rank
#28,804
“Tod” frequency rank
38898
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ten Tod
Definition este, esta, esse, essa morte.

Letter map: ten vs Tod

Shared letters muted; letters that set ten and Tod apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
ten
3 ch
Tod

Role in the sentence - ten and Tod

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ten is apronoun and Todanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38898, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ten is recorded at frequency rank #10,094, classified as apron. Tod is at rank #28,804, tagged as anoun, pronounced [toːt], Plural: [ˈtoː.də].

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 38898, this pair ranks #27,478 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ten vs Tod

Shared letters: t. Private to "ten": en. Private to "Tod": do.

"ten" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "Tod" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ten" and "Tod" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ten" is a pronoun and "Tod" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "ten" or "Tod" show up more?
"ten" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,094 in our Portuguese list, against #28,804 for "Tod". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "ten" and "Tod". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ten" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Tod" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #27,478 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ten" and "Tod" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Tod vs tosa". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #27,478 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