Which to use
“tocou” is a verb and “todos” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,025
- “tocou” frequency rank
- #67
- “todos” frequency rank
- 4092
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tocou | todos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | terceira pessoa do singular do pretérito perfeito do indicativo do verbo tocar | o conjunto dos membros ou participantes de algo |
Letter map: tocou vs todos
Shared letters muted; letters that set tocou and todos apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Role in the sentence - tocou and todos
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tocou is averb and todosapronoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4092, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tocou is recorded at frequency rank #4,025, classified as averb, pronounced /to.ˈko/. todos is at rank #67, tagged as apron.
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 4092, this pair ranks #70,923 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of tocou vs todos
Shared letters: ot. Private to "tocou": cu. Private to "todos": ds.
"tocou" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "todos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "tocou" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "todos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #70,923 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tocou" and "todos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "teco vs tocou". 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 #70,923 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.