# thug

> Portuguese word · Noun · IPA /θʌɡ/ · frequency rank #32,793

## Definitions
1. capanga, bandido, criminoso
2. tugue

## Easily confused with
- **tu** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/thug-vs-tu)
- **tua** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/thug-vs-tua)
- **true** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/thug-vs-true)
- **tuga** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/thug-vs-tuga)
- **tous** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/thug-vs-tous)
- **the** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/the-vs-thug)
- **teu** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/teu-vs-thug)
- **Tag** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tag-vs-thug)
- **tau** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tau-vs-thug)
- **tha** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tha-vs-thug)
- **that** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/that-vs-thug)
- **they** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/they-vs-thug)
- **than** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/than-vs-thug)
- **then** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/then-vs-thug)
- **tang** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tang-vs-thug)
- **thin** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/thin-vs-thug)

## Common misspellings (6)
`htug`, `thgu`, `thhug`, `thugg`, `tthug`, `tuhg`

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