teu

Name: teu, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/ˈtew/

//ˈtew// pron

By PlainSpell Editorial Team · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“teu” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #592 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a pronoun.

#592
frequency rank, Portuguese: 3
letters: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - de posse da segunda pessoa do singular (tu)

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

teu vs to

33% similar

teu vs tu

67% similar

teu vs ti

33% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for teu
Property	Value
Headword	teu
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Pronoun
IPA	/ˈtew/
Letters	3
Frequency rank	#592
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “teu” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). teu lands here:

#592

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for teu is 3 letters long, classified as a pronoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈtew/. Corpus data places it at rank #592 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "de posse da segunda pessoa do singular (tu)".

teu doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "to", "tu", "ti", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is teu, spelled T-E-U.

Definition

1
de posse da segunda pessoa do singular (tu)

This word in other languages

your(English)tu(Español)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "teu"?

"teu" is spelled T-E-U. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈtew/.

What does "teu" mean?

As a pronoun, "teu" means: de posse da segunda pessoa do singular (tu)

What words are commonly confused with "teu"?

"teu" is commonly confused with "to", "tu", "ti". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "teu"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "teu" is /ˈtew/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "teu" come from?

"teu" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Using “teu”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-E-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as /ˈtew/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
Don't mix it up with “to” - see the side-by-side comparison. teu vs to
Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.