tai
/ˈtaj/
The verdict
“tai” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #15,216) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #15,216
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 917
- “T” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que pertence ao ramo das línguas tibeto-birmânicas que compreende o tai (tailandês) e o laociano
Corpus desk
Index PT-tai · tai · Portuguese
tai · rank #15,216 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,216
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 917
- PHOTO-FINISH temendo
Nearest frequency peer: temendo (+2 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 “tai”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- sarcasmo
sarcasmo
84,798 corpus weight
- shake
shake
84,795 corpus weight
- tai
tai
84,785 corpus weight
- temendo
temendo
84,783 corpus weight
- trip
trip
84,776 corpus weight
- tucano
tucano
84,772 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “tai” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
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 | tai |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈtaj/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #15,216 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “tai”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for tai is neighbouring look-alikes ("te", "to", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced /ˈtaj/. Frequency #15,216 among 917 “T” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
tai has no tracked misspelling variants, 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.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is tai, spelled T-A-I.
Definition
- 1que pertence ao ramo das línguas tibeto-birmânicas que compreende o tai (tailandês) e o laociano
- 2relativo à Tailândia
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).