Which to use
“todo” is an adjective and “took” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #111
- “todo” frequency rank
- #40,361
- “took” frequency rank
- 40472
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | todo | took |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | completo | pretérito do verbo take |
Where the eye mixes todo and took
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. todo (CVCV) and took (CVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: todo vs took
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: todo is /ˈto.du/ while took is /tʊk/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40472, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
todo is recorded at frequency rank #111, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈto.du/. took is at rank #40,361, tagged as averb, pronounced /tʊk/.
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 40472, this pair ranks #25,633 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of todo vs took
Shared letters: ot. Private to "todo": d. Private to "took": k.
"todo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "took" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "todo" and "took" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "todo" or "took" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "todo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "took" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,633 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "todo" and "took" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "took 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 #25,633 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.