tear
/ˈtjaɾ/
The verdict
“tear” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #31,581) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #31,581
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 917
- “T” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aparelho ou máquina de tecer
Corpus desk
Index PT-tear · tear · Portuguese
tear · rank #31,581 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,581
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 917
- PHOTO-FINISH tardar
Nearest frequency peer: tardar (-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 “tear”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- silicon
silicon
68,438 corpus weight
- subjetivo
subjetivo
68,429 corpus weight
- sufocado
sufocado
68,428 corpus weight
- tardar
tardar
68,422 corpus weight
- tear
tear
68,420 corpus weight
- temível
temível
68,416 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “tear” 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 | tear |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtjaɾ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #31,581 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “tear”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for tear is neighbouring look-alikes ("tem", "ter", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈtjaɾ/. Frequency #31,581 among 917 “T” headwords. Gloss: "aparelho ou máquina de tecer".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for tear, with forms such as "etar", "taer", and "tearr". 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, "tem", "ter", "teu", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is tear, spelled T-E-A-R.
Definition
- 1aparelho ou máquina de tecer
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etar
- taer
- tearr
- ttear
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tear - 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.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tear", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).