Which to use
“til” is a noun and “tolo” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,136
- “til” frequency rank
- #17,929
- “tolo” frequency rank
- 62065
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | til | tolo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | sinal diacrítico (~) utilizado para modificar a pronúncia de determinadas letras no português (indicando nasalização) e em alguns outros idiomas ( bretão ...) | sem inteligência ou sem juízo |
Letter map: til vs tolo
Shared letters muted; letters that set til and tolo apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Grammar separator: til vs tolo
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: til is anoun and toloanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62065, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
til is recorded at frequency rank #44,136, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈʧiw/. tolo is at rank #17,929, tagged as anadj.
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 62065, this pair ranks #6,847 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of til vs tolo
Shared letters: lt. Private to "til": i. Private to "tolo": o.
"til" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "tolo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- tolo ← otlo · tloo · tollo · ttolo
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "til" and "tolo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "til" or "tolo"?
After this comparison
You've compared "til" and "tolo". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "til" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tolo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #6,847 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "til" and "tolo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tifo vs til". 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 #6,847 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.