Which to use
“tomé” is a verb and “tosse” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,602
- “tomé” frequency rank
- #12,572
- “tosse” frequency rank
- 17174
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tomé | tosse |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | primeira pessoa do singular no pretérito do indicativo do verbo tomar; tomei | expiração brusca, convulsa e ruidosa do ar contido nos pulmões |
Letter map: tomé vs tosse
Shared letters muted; letters that set tomé and tosse apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. tomé runs 4 letters (CVCV) against tosse's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for tomé / tosse
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tomé is averb and tosseanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17174, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tomé is recorded at frequency rank #4,602, classified as averb. tosse is at rank #12,572, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈtɔ.sɨ/.
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 17174, this pair ranks #54,153 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tomé vs tosse
Shared letters: ot. Private to "tomé": mé. Private to "tosse": es.
"tomé" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "tosse" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- tosse ← otsse · tose · toses · tsose · ttosse
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tomé" and "tosse" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "tomé" or "tosse" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "tomé" vs "tosse" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "tomé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tosse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #54,153 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tomé" and "tosse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tosa vs tosse". 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 #54,153 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.