tipovstudoWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#192
“tipo” frequency rank
#61
“tudo” frequency rank
253
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tipo tudo
Definition série de características que definem as coisas todas as coisas

Letter map: tipo vs tudo

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

4 ch
tipo
4 ch
tudo

Role in the sentence - tipo and tudo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tipo is anoun and tudoapronoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 253, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tipo is recorded at frequency rank #192, classified as anoun. tudo is at rank #61, tagged as apron, pronounced /ˈtu.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 253, this pair ranks #75,382 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of tipo vs tudo

Shared letters: ot. Private to "tipo": ip. Private to "tudo": du.

"tipo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "tudo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tipoitpo · tiop · tippo · tpio · ttipo
  • tudotduo · ttudo · tuddo · tuod · utdo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "tipo" and "tudo" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "tipo" is a noun and "tudo" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "tipo" or "tudo" show up more?
"tudo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #61 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

Pair "tipo" vs "tudo" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "tipo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tudo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #75,382 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tipo" and "tudo" 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 #75,382 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