todosvstomoWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#67
“todos” frequency rank
#6,352
“tomo” frequency rank
6419
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature todos tomo
Definition o conjunto dos membros ou participantes de algo volume de obra impressa ou manuscrita

Letter map: todos vs tomo

Shared letters muted; letters that set todos and tomo apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
todos
4 ch
tomo

Part-of-speech tell for todos / tomo

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: todos is apronoun and tomoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6419, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

todos is recorded at frequency rank #67, classified as apron. tomo is at rank #6,352, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈto.mu/.

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 6419, this pair ranks #68,021 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of todos vs tomo

Shared letters: ot. Private to "todos": ds. Private to "tomo": m.

"todos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "tomo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • todosotdos · tdoos · toddos · todoss · todso · toods · ttodos
  • tomootmo · tmoo · tommo · toom · ttomo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "todos" and "tomo" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "todos" is a pronoun and "tomo" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "todos" or "tomo"?
"todos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #67 in our Portuguese list, against #6,352 for "tomo". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "todos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tomo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #68,021 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "todos" and "tomo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tomo vs tufo". 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 #68,021 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