Which to use
“toca” and “touch” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,545
- “toca” frequency rank
- #12,156
- “touch” frequency rank
- 14701
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | toca | touch |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | buraco, natural ou aberto por alguns animais (roedores, aves, desdentados, etc.), usado como abrigo em árvores, solo, pedras ou outros ambientes (como a casa de troncos do castor) | toque |
Where the eye mixes toca and touch
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses toca with touch
A purely visual mix-up. toca (/ˈtɔ.kɐ/) and touch (/tʌtʃ/, [tʰʌtʃ]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14701, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
toca is recorded at frequency rank #2,545, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈtɔ.kɐ/. touch is at rank #12,156, tagged as anoun, pronounced /tʌtʃ/, [tʰʌtʃ].
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 14701, this pair ranks #57,299 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of toca vs touch
Shared letters: cot. Private to "toca": a. Private to "touch": hu.
"toca" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "touch" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "toca" for "touch" ever safe?
Which is more common, "toca" or "touch"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "toca" and "touch" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "toca" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "touch" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #57,299 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "toca" and "touch" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "touch vs tous". 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 #57,299 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.