# tonto vs tostão

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### tonto
*adjective · IPA /ˈtõ.tu/ · frequency rank #19,014*
que sente ou tem tonturas

### tostão
*noun · IPA /tuʃ.ˈtɐ̃w̃/ · frequency rank #27,305*
antiga moeda de níquel de cem réis

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tonto-vs-tostao