toque vs tous, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“toque” is a noun and “tous” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,027
“toque” frequency rank: #43,687
“tous” frequency rank: 45714
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	toque	tous
Definition	ato de tocar	todos, todo mundo.

Letter map: toque vs tous

Shared letters muted; letters that set toque and tous apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch

toque

4 ch

tous

Role in the sentence - toque and tous

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: toque is anoun and tousapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45714, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

toque is recorded at frequency rank #2,027, classified as anoun. tous is at rank #43,687, tagged as apron, pronounced /tu/ (diante de consoante), AFI: /tuz/ (diante de vogal e h mudo).

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 45714, this pair ranks #19,681 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of toque vs tous

Shared letters: otu. Private to "toque": eq. Private to "tous": s.

"toque" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "tous" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

toque ← otque · toqeu · toqque · touqe · tqoue · ttoque
tous ← otus · tosu · touss · ttous · tuos

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "toque" and "tous" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "toque" is a noun and "tous" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "toque" vs "tous" - which ranks higher?

"toque" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,027 in our Portuguese list, against #43,687 for "tous". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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Full dictionary entry for "toque" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "tous" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #19,681 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"toque" and "tous" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tosa vs tous". 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 #19,681 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.