tez

/ˈteʃ/

//ˈteʃ// noun

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The verdict

“tez” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #63,210 among 917 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,210
frequency rank, Portuguese
917
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - epiderme, pele, cútis

Corpus desk

Index PT-tez · tez · Portuguese

tez · rank #63,210 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,210
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 917
  • PHOTO-FINISH terminantemen…

Nearest frequency peer: terminantemente (-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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “tez”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “tez” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for tez
PropertyValue
Headwordtez
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈteʃ/
Letters3
Frequency rank#63,210
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “tez” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).tezcai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “terminantemente” (#63,208), “tarântula” (#63,206), “torneiro” (#63,215). Entre 917 lemas com “T”, “tez” fica em #63,210. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tez is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #63,210 among 917 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈteʃ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for tez, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is tez, spelled T-E-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    epiderme, pele, cútis
  2. 2
    superfície fina e lisa que envolve ou protege qualquer coisa

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how tez appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. a tez do alho

This word in other languages

tez(Español)teint(Français)

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 "tez"?
"tez" is spelled T-E-Z. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈteʃ/.
What does "tez" mean?
As a noun, "tez" means: epiderme, pele, cútis
How do you pronounce "tez"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tez" is /ˈteʃ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tez" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tez", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

een#63,492emu#63,499OPI#63,725rag#63,783

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list