Which to use
“told” is a noun and “tomé” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,938
- “told” frequency rank
- #4,602
- “tomé” frequency rank
- 34540
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | told | tomé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | taxa; tarifa (imposto cobrado sobre bens importados ou, em casos mais raros, exportados) | primeira pessoa do singular no pretérito do indicativo do verbo tomar; tomei |
Letter map: told vs tomé
Shared letters muted; letters that set told and tomé apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. told (CVCC) and tomé (CVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Grammar separator: told vs tomé
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: told is anoun and toméaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34540, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
told is recorded at frequency rank #29,938, classified as anoun, pronounced /tɔl/, [tˢʌlˀ], [ˈtʌlˀ]. tomé is at rank #4,602, 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 34540, this pair ranks #32,693 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of told vs tomé
Shared letters: ot. Private to "told": dl. Private to "tomé": mé.
"told" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "tomé" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- told ← otld · tlod · todl · toldd · tolld · ttold
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "told" and "tomé" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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After this comparison
Pair "told" vs "tomé" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "told" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tomé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #32,693 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "told" and "tomé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "told 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 #32,693 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.