Which to use
“tomé” and “took” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,602
- “tomé” frequency rank
- #40,361
- “took” frequency rank
- 44963
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tomé | took |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | primeira pessoa do singular no pretérito do indicativo do verbo tomar; tomei | pretérito do verbo take |
Letter map: tomé vs took
Shared letters muted; letters that set tomé and took apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. tomé (CVCV) and took (CVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Corpus notes: tomé and took
tomé and took are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44963, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tomé is recorded at frequency rank #4,602, classified as averb. took is at rank #40,361, tagged as averb, pronounced /tʊk/.
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 44963, this pair ranks #20,465 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tomé vs took
Shared letters: ot. Private to "tomé": mé. Private to "took": k.
"tomé" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "took" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- took ← otok · tok · toko · tookk · ttook
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tomé" and "took" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "tomé" or "took"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "tomé" and "took".
- Full dictionary entry for "tomé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "took" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #20,465 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tomé" and "took" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "took 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 #20,465 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.