Which to use
“tosco” is an adjective and “traço” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,210
- “tosco” frequency rank
- #11,759
- “traço” frequency rank
- 44969
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tosco | traço |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que não é lapidado, polido, etc.; bruto, rústico | uma marca, sinal, ou evidência da existência, influência ou ação de algum agente ou evento; vestígio |
Letter map: tosco vs traço
Shared letters muted; letters that set tosco and traço apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. tosco (CVCCV) and traço (CCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Role in the sentence - tosco and traço
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tosco is anadjective and traçoanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44969, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tosco is recorded at frequency rank #33,210, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈtoʃ.ku/. traço is at rank #11,759, tagged as anoun.
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 44969, this pair ranks #20,460 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tosco vs traço
Shared letters: ot. Private to "tosco": cs. Private to "traço": arç.
"tosco" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "traço" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- tosco ← otsco · tocso · toscco · tosoc · tossco · tsoco · ttosco
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "tosco" for "traço" ever safe?
Frequency check: "tosco" vs "traço" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "tosco" and "traço". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "tosco" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "traço" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #20,460 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tosco" and "traço" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tosa vs tosco". 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 #20,460 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.