teia
/ˈtɐj.ɐ/
The verdict
“teia” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #15,694) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #15,694
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 917
- “T” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - conjunto de filamentos proteicos produzidos pelas aranhas para construir abrigos e capturar presas
Corpus desk
Index PT-teia · teia · Portuguese
teia · rank #15,694 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,694
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 917
- PHOTO-FINISH tolerar
Nearest frequency peer: tolerar (+3 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 “teia”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- sequestrado
sequestrado
84,317 corpus weight
- teia
teia
84,307 corpus weight
- tolerar
tolerar
84,304 corpus weight
- torto
torto
84,303 corpus weight
- torturado
torturado
84,302 corpus weight
- ursinho
ursinho
84,297 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “teia” 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 | teia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtɐj.ɐ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #15,694 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “teia”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for teia is neighbouring look-alikes ("ti", "tem", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈtɐj.ɐ/. Frequency #15,694 among 917 “T” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for teia, with forms such as "etia", "teai", and "tiea". 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, "ti", "tem", "ter", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is teia, spelled T-E-I-A.
Definition
- 1conjunto de filamentos proteicos produzidos pelas aranhas para construir abrigos e capturar presas
- 2tecido ou pano feito em tear
- 3trama; urdidura
- 4rede de ligações por onde circulam as informações entre computadores usando a internete
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etia
- teai
- tiea
- tteia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of teia - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "teia", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).