Which to use
“todo” and “tosco” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #111
- “todo” frequency rank
- #33,210
- “tosco” frequency rank
- 33321
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | todo | tosco |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | completo | que não é lapidado, polido, etc.; bruto, rústico |
Where the eye mixes todo and tosco
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. todo runs 4 letters (CVCV) against tosco's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: todo vs tosco
A purely visual mix-up. todo (/ˈto.du/) and tosco (/ˈtoʃ.ku/) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33321, 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/. tosco is at rank #33,210, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈtoʃ.ku/.
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 33321, this pair ranks #34,219 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of todo vs tosco
Shared letters: ot. Private to "todo": d. Private to "tosco": cs.
"todo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "tosco" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "todo" for "tosco" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "todo" or "tosco" 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 "tosco" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #34,219 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "todo" and "tosco" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tosa vs tosco". 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 #34,219 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.