those vs tosse, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#25,840
“those” frequency rank: #12,572
“tosse” frequency rank: 38412
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	those	tosse
Definition	plural de "that": esses, essas; aqueles, aquelas	expiração brusca, convulsa e ruidosa do ar contido nos pulmões

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set those and tosse apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch

those

5 ch

tosse

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: those is /ðoʊz/ while tosse is /ˈtɔ.sɨ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (pronoun vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38412, 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/. tosse is at rank #12,572, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈtɔ.sɨ/.

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 38412, this pair ranks #28,054 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of those vs tosse

Shared letters: eost. Private to "those": h. Private to "tosse": -.

"those" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "tosse" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

those ← htose · thhose · thoes · thosse · thsoe · tohse · tthose
tosse ← otsse · tose · toses · tsose · ttosse

Frequency comparison

those#25,840

tosse#12,572

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "those" and "tosse" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "those" is a pronoun and "tosse" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "those" or "tosse"?

"tosse" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,572 in our Portuguese list, against #25,840 for "those". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering those vs tosse

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a pronoun, it's “those”; for a noun, it's “tosse”.
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