Which to use
“team” and “tma” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,368
- “team” frequency rank
- #48,830
- “tma” frequency rank
- 52198
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | team | tma |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Équipe, en particulier (mais pas exclusivement) dans un contexte anglo-saxon. | Obscurité, ténèbres. |
Where the eye mixes team and tma
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: team vs tma
A purely visual mix-up. team (\tim\) and tma (\tma\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52198, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
team is recorded at frequency rank #3,368, classified as anoun, pronounced \tim\. tma is at rank #48,830, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tma\.
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 52198, this pair ranks #149,399 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of team vs tma
Shared letters: amt. Private to "team": e. Private to "tma": -.
"team" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "tma" · 3 letters · shape CCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- team ← etam · taem · teamm · tema · tteam
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "team" for "tma" ever safe?
Frequency check: "team" vs "tma" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "team" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tma" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #149,399 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "team" and "tma" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tif vs tma". 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 #149,399 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.