ta
The verdict
“ta” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #4,113) as a conjunction. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #4,113
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 917
- “T” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - e:
Corpus desk
Index PT-ta · ta · Portuguese
ta · rank #4,113 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,113
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 917
- PHOTO-FINISH suspeita
Nearest frequency peer: suspeita (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “ta”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- satélite
satélite
95,891 corpus weight
- sobrevivênc…
sobrevivência
95,890 corpus weight
- suspeita
suspeita
95,889 corpus weight
- ta
ta
95,888 corpus weight
- transformaç…
transformação
95,887 corpus weight
- uniforme
uniforme
95,886 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “ta” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ta |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Conjunction |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #4,113 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Onde “ta” fica na frequência do português
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for ta is neighbouring look-alikes ("te", "to", …), not just typos; it is aconjunction. Frequency #4,113 among 917 “T” headwords. Gloss: "e:".
ta doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "te", "to", "tu", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is ta, spelled T-A.
Definition
- 1e:
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ta appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Euskara ta Askatasuna
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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- "ta" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "te". View pair
- Usage frequency rank #4,113 among Portuguese headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Portuguese words in the "T" letter cohort. T–Z browse
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.