tomévstypeTell them apart

Quick tell: tomé is a verb, type is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“tomé” is a verb and “type” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#4,602
“tomé” frequency rank
#18,735
“type” frequency rank
23337
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tomé type
Definition primeira pessoa do singular no pretérito do indicativo do verbo tomar; tomei tipo

Letter map: tomé vs type

Shared letters muted; letters that set tomé and type apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

4 ch
tomé
4 ch
type

Part-of-speech tell for tomé / type

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tomé is averb and typeanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23337, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tomé is recorded at frequency rank #4,602, classified as averb. type is at rank #18,735, tagged as anoun, pronounced /taɪp/.

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 23337, this pair ranks #46,503 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of tomé vs type

Shared letters: t. Private to "tomé": moé. Private to "type": epy.

"tomé" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "type" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • typetpye · ttype · tyep · typpe · tyype · ytpe

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "tomé" and "type" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "tomé" is a verb and "type" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "tomé" vs "type" - which ranks higher?
"tomé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,602 in our Portuguese list, against #18,735 for "type". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "tomé" vs "type" 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 "type" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #46,503 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tomé" and "type" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tune vs type". 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 #46,503 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list