TodvstodosWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#28,804
“Tod” frequency rank
#67
“todos” frequency rank
28871
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Tod todos
Definition morte. o conjunto dos membros ou participantes de algo

Letter map: Tod vs todos

Shared letters muted; letters that set Tod and todos apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Tod runs 3 letters (CVC) against todos's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
Tod
5 ch
todos

Grammar separator: Tod vs todos

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Tod is anoun and todosapronoun. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “Tod” sits inside “todos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28871, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Tod is recorded at frequency rank #28,804, classified as anoun, pronounced [toːt], Plural: [ˈtoː.də]. 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 28871, this pair ranks #39,888 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Tod vs todos

Shared letters: dot. Private to "Tod": -. Private to "todos": s.

"Tod" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "todos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • todos ← otdos · tdoos · toddos · todoss · todso · toods · ttodos

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Tod" and "todos" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Tod" is a noun and "todos" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Tod" vs "todos" - which ranks higher?
"todos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #67 in our Portuguese list, against #28,804 for "Tod". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Tod" and "todos".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Tod" 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 #39,888 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Tod" and "todos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Tod vs tosa". 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 #39,888 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