taça

noun

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The verdict

“taça” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #3,807) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#3,807
frequency rank, Portuguese
917
“T” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - copo de forma especial, de boca larga e pouco fundo, pode ter algo de pé

Corpus desk

Index PT-taca · taça · Portuguese

taça · rank #3,807 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,807
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 917
  • PHOTO-FINISH sócio

Nearest frequency peer: sócio (-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.

Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “taça”

Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo

corpus weight

What this shows As barras situam “taça” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

taça vs tão
25% similar
taça vs Tal
25% similar
taça vs tua
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for taça
PropertyValue
Headwordtaça
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#3,807
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “taça”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.taçacai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “sócio” (#3,806), “templo” (#3,808), “sustentável” (#3,805). Entre 917 lemas com “T”, “taça” fica em #3,807. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for taça is neighbouring look-alikes ("tão", "Tal", …), not just typos; it is anoun. Frequency #3,807 among 917 “T” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for taça, with forms such as "atça", "taaç", and "ttaça". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tão", "Tal", "tua", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is taça, spelled T-A-Ç-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    copo de forma especial, de boca larga e pouco fundo, pode ter algo de pé
  2. 2
    objeto com função semelhante à do copo, mas de formato diferente e utilizada em ocasiões mais importantes
  3. 3
    prêmio (troféu)
  4. 4
    cada um dos pedaços do sutiã que diretamente acomada ou cobre a mama

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how taça appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. A taça do mundo é nossa!
  2. quando a luz iluminava o escapulário que pendia entre as taças do sutiã

Synonyms

bojo

This word in other languages

cup(English)copa(Español)coupe(Français)cup(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atça
  • taaç
  • ttaça
  • tçaa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of taça - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

atça2taaç2ttaça1tçaa2
Edit distance from "taça"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "taça"?
"taça" is spelled T-A-Ç-A.
What does "taça" mean?
As a noun, "taça" means: copo de forma especial, de boca larga e pouco fundo, pode ter algo de pé
What words are commonly confused with "taça"?
"taça" is commonly confused with "tão", "Tal", "tua". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "taça" come from?
"taça" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "taça", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

puro#3,796neve#3,787luxo#3,781fama#3,766

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list