Which to use
“those” is a pronoun and “tomé” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,840
- “those” frequency rank
- #4,602
- “tomé” frequency rank
- 30442
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | those | tomé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural de "that": esses, essas; aqueles, aquelas | primeira pessoa do singular no pretérito do indicativo do verbo tomar; tomei |
Letter map: those vs tomé
Shared letters muted; letters that set those and tomé apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. those runs 5 letters (CCVCV) against tomé's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for those / tomé
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: those is apronoun and toméaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30442, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
those is recorded at frequency rank #25,840, classified as apron, pronounced /ðoʊz/. tomé is at rank #4,602, tagged as averb.
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 30442, this pair ranks #37,907 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of those vs tomé
Shared letters: ot. Private to "those": ehs. Private to "tomé": mé.
"those" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "tomé" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- those ← htose · thhose · thoes · thosse · thsoe · tohse · tthose
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "those" and "tomé" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "those" or "tomé"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "those" and "tomé".
- Full dictionary entry for "those" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tomé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #37,907 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "those" and "tomé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "those vs tosa". 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 #37,907 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.