tipovstodoConfusable pair

Quick tell: tipo is a noun, todo is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“tipo” is a noun and “todo” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#192
“tipo” frequency rank
#111
“todo” frequency rank
303
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tipo todo
Definition série de características que definem as coisas completo

Letter map: tipo vs todo

Shared letters muted; letters that set tipo and todo apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
tipo
4 ch
todo

Part-of-speech tell for tipo / todo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tipo is anoun and todoanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 303, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tipo is recorded at frequency rank #192, classified as anoun. todo is at rank #111, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈto.du/.

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 303, this pair ranks #75,335 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of tipo vs todo

Shared letters: ot. Private to "tipo": ip. Private to "todo": d.

"tipo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "todo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tipoitpo · tiop · tippo · tpio · ttipo
  • todootdo · tdoo · toddo · tood · ttodo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "tipo" and "todo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "tipo" is a noun and "todo" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "tipo" or "todo" show up more?
"todo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #111 in our Portuguese list, against #192 for "tipo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "tipo" and "todo".

  • Full dictionary entry for "tipo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "todo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #75,335 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tipo" and "todo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tipo vs tufo". 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 #75,335 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