# tatu

> Portuguese word · Noun · IPA /ta.ˈtu/ · frequency rank #20,735

## Definitions
1. mamífero placentário desdentado de hábitos noturnos, possuindo uma couraça protetora às costas; da ordem dos cingulados, família dos dasipodídeos

## Easily confused with
- **tu** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tatu-vs-tu)
- **teu** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tatu-vs-teu)
- **tau** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tatu-vs-tau)
- **tax** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tatu-vs-tax)
- **taxa** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tatu-vs-taxa)
- **that** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tatu-vs-that)
- **táxi** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tatu-vs-taxi)
- **titã** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tatu-vs-tita)
- **teta** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tatu-vs-teta)
- **totó** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tatu-vs-toto)
- **trata** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tatu-vs-trata)
- **trato** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tatu-vs-trato)
- **tatuar** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tatu-vs-tatuar)
- **ta** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/ta-vs-tatu)
- **tão** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tao-vs-tatu)
- **Tal** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tal-vs-tatu)
- **Tag** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tag-vs-tatu)
- **tam** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tam-vs-tatu)
- **tai** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tai-vs-tatu)
- **tap** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tap-vs-tatu)

## Common misspellings (5)
`attu`, `tattu`, `taut`, `ttatu`, `ttau`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/tatu