Which to use
“told” is a noun and “tosa” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,938
- “told” frequency rank
- #47,644
- “tosa” frequency rank
- 77582
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | told | tosa |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | taxa; tarifa (imposto cobrado sobre bens importados ou, em casos mais raros, exportados) | falar, conversar |
Letter map: told vs tosa
Shared letters muted; letters that set told and tosa apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. told (CVCC) and tosa (CVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Role in the sentence - told and tosa
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: told is anoun and tosaaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77582, 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]. 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 77582, this pair ranks #1,847 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of told vs tosa
Shared letters: ot. Private to "told": dl. Private to "tosa": as.
"told" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "tosa" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "told" and "tosa" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "told" or "tosa"?
What to do next
Pair "told" vs "tosa" 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 "tosa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,847 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "told" 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 #1,847 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.