Which to use
“torno” and “touro” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,513
- “torno” frequency rank
- #7,983
- “touro” frequency rank
- 9496
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | torno | touro |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | aparelho usado em carpintaria que faz girar a velocidade uma peça de madeira que assim é lavrada ou torneada | animal bovídeo macho adulto da espécie Bos taurus |
Where the eye mixes torno and touro
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: torno vs touro
A purely visual mix-up. torno (/ˈtoɾ.nu/) and touro (ciavarr) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9496, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
torno is recorded at frequency rank #1,513, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈtoɾ.nu/. touro is at rank #7,983, tagged as anoun, pronounced ciavarr.
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 9496, this pair ranks #63,911 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of torno vs touro
Shared letters: ort. Private to "torno": n. Private to "touro": u.
"torno" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "touro" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "torno" for "touro" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "torno" or "touro" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "torno" and "touro" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "torno" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "touro" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #63,911 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "torno" and "touro" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "touro vs tufo". 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 #63,911 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.