tocado vs tomado, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“tocado” and “tomado” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#11,756
“tocado” frequency rank: #5,360
“tomado” frequency rank: 17116
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	tocado	tomado
Definition	apalpado, atingido	que se tomou

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set tocado and tomado apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch

tocado

6 ch

tomado

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

A purely visual mix-up. tocado (/tu.ˈka.du/) and tomado (/tu.ˈma.du/) 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 a single letter - c in “tocado” becomes m in “tomado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17116, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tocado is recorded at frequency rank #11,756, classified as anadj, pronounced /tu.ˈka.du/. tomado is at rank #5,360, tagged as anadj, pronounced /tu.ˈma.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 17116, this pair ranks #54,214 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of tocado vs tomado

Shared letters: adot. Private to "tocado": c. Private to "tomado": m.

"tocado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "tomado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

tocado ← otcado · tcoado · toacdo · tocaddo · tocaod · toccado · tocdao · ttocado
tomado ← otmado · tmoado · toamdo · tomaddo · tomaod · tomdao · tommado · ttomado

Frequency comparison

tocado#11,756

tomado#5,360

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "tocado" and "tomado" be used interchangeably?

No. They are said differently (/tu.ˈka.du/ versus /tu.ˈma.du/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.

Which is more common, "tocado" or "tomado"?

"tomado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,360 in our Portuguese list, against #11,756 for "tocado". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering tocado vs tomado

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