Which to use
“todos” is a pronoun and “tool” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #67
- “todos” frequency rank
- #29,542
- “tool” frequency rank
- 29609
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | todos | tool |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | o conjunto dos membros ou participantes de algo | ferramenta |
Letter map: todos vs tool
Shared letters muted; letters that set todos and tool apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. todos runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against tool's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for todos / tool
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: todos is apronoun and toolanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29609, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
todos is recorded at frequency rank #67, classified as apron. tool is at rank #29,542, tagged as anoun, pronounced /tu:l/.
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 29609, this pair ranks #38,975 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of todos vs tool
Shared letters: ot. Private to "todos": ds. Private to "tool": l.
"todos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "tool" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "todos" and "tool" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "todos" or "tool" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "todos" and "tool".
- Full dictionary entry for "todos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tool" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #38,975 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "todos" and "tool" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tool 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 #38,975 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.