Which to use
“todo” is an adjective and “tosa” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #111
- “todo” frequency rank
- #47,644
- “tosa” frequency rank
- 47755
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | todo | tosa |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | completo | falar, conversar |
Letter map: todo vs tosa
Shared letters muted; letters that set todo and tosa apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. todo and tosa follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for todo / tosa
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: todo is anadjective and tosaaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47755, 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/. tosa is at rank #47,644, tagged as averb.
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 47755, this pair ranks #17,478 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of todo vs tosa
Shared letters: ot. Private to "todo": d. Private to "tosa": as.
"todo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "tosa" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "todo" for "tosa" ever safe?
Which is more common, "todo" or "tosa"?
What to do next
You've compared "todo" and "tosa". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "todo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tosa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #17,478 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "todo" and "tosa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tosa vs tuna". 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 #17,478 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.