toque vs true, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#2,027
“toque” frequency rank: #9,418
“true” frequency rank: 11445
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	toque	true
Definition	ato de tocar	verdadeiro, verídico

Letter map: toque vs true

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

5 ch

toque

4 ch

true

Grammar separator: toque vs true

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: toque is anoun and trueanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11445, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

toque is recorded at frequency rank #2,027, classified as anoun. true is at rank #9,418, tagged as anadj, pronounced /truː/.

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 11445, this pair ranks #61,385 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of toque vs true

Shared letters: etu. Private to "toque": oq. Private to "true": r.

"toque" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "true" · 4 letters · shape CCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

toque ← otque · toqeu · toqque · touqe · tqoue · ttoque
true ← rtue · treu · trrue · ttrue · ture

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "toque" for "true" ever safe?

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

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

"toque" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,027 in our Portuguese list, against #9,418 for "true". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "toque" vs "true" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

Full dictionary entry for "toque" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "true" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #61,385 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"toque" and "true" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tique vs true". 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 #61,385 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.