Which to use
“tudo” is a pronoun and “tufo” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #61
- “tudo” frequency rank
- #48,703
- “tufo” frequency rank
- 48764
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tudo | tufo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | todas as coisas | montículo, proeminência |
Where the eye mixes tudo and tufo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: tudo vs tufo
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: tudo is /ˈtu.du/ while tufo is /ˈtu.fu/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - d in “tudo” becomes f in “tufo”, and the parts of speech differ too (pronoun vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48764, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tudo is recorded at frequency rank #61, classified as apron, pronounced /ˈtu.du/. tufo is at rank #48,703, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈtu.fu/.
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 48764, this pair ranks #16,383 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tudo vs tufo
Shared letters: otu. Private to "tudo": d. Private to "tufo": f.
"tudo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "tufo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "tudo" and "tufo" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "tudo" vs "tufo" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "tudo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tufo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #16,383 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tudo" and "tufo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tifo 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 #16,383 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.