# tell

> Portuguese word · Verb · frequency rank #9,770

## Definitions
1. contar, narrar
2. dizer
3. discernir, distinguir, identificar

## Easily confused with
- **tem** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tell-vs-tem)
- **ter** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tell-vs-ter)
- **teu** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tell-vs-teu)
- **ten** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tell-vs-ten)
- **til** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tell-vs-til)
- **teve** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tell-vs-teve)
- **terá** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tell-vs-tera)
- **tema** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tell-vs-tema)
- **tens** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tell-vs-tens)
- **tese** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tell-vs-tese)
- **teme** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tell-vs-teme)
- **teor** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tell-vs-teor)
- **tolo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tell-vs-tolo)
- **tola** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tell-vs-tola)
- **tool** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tell-vs-tool)
- **told** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tell-vs-told)
- **teta** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tell-vs-teta)
- **troll** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tell-vs-troll)
- **te** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/te-vs-tell)
- **Tal** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tal-vs-tell)

## Common misspellings (4)
`etll`, `tel`, `tlel`, `ttell`

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