til

/ˈʧiw/

//ˈʧiw// noun

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The verdict

“til” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #44,136) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#44,136
frequency rank, Portuguese
917
“T” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sinal diacrítico (~) utilizado para modificar a pronúncia de determinadas letras no português (indicando nasalização) e em alguns outros idiomas ( bretão ...)

Corpus desk

Index PT-til · til · Portuguese

til · rank #44,136 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,136
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 917
  • PHOTO-FINISH testing

Nearest frequency peer: testing (-4 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 “til”

Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo

corpus weight

What this shows As barras situam “til” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

til vs to
33% similar
til vs tu
33% similar
til vs ty
33% similar

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

Key facts for til
PropertyValue
Headwordtil
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈʧiw/
Letters3
Frequency rank#44,136
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “til”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.tilcai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “testing” (#44,132), “transcrito” (#44,142), “tangente” (#44,127). Entre 917 lemas com “T”, “til” fica em #44,136. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for til is neighbouring look-alikes ("to", "tu", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈʧiw/. Frequency #44,136 among 917 “T” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for til, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "to", "tu", "ty", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 til, spelled T-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    sinal diacrítico (~) utilizado para modificar a pronúncia de determinadas letras no português (indicando nasalização) e em alguns outros idiomas ( bretão ...)
  2. 2
    espécie de árvore da família das lauráceas nativa dos Açores e Madeira com cheiro desagradável (Ocotea foetens)
  3. 3
    tília, género/gênero de árvores da família Malvaceae
  4. 4
    bagatela, ninharia, algo insignificante

This word in other languages

tilde(English)virgulilla(Español)tilde(Français)Tilde(Deutsch)

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 "til"?
"til" is spelled T-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈʧiw/.
What does "til" mean?
As a noun, "til" means: sinal diacrítico (~) utilizado para modificar a pronúncia de determinadas letras no português (indicando nasalização) e em alguns outros idiomas ( bretão ...)
What words are commonly confused with "til"?
"til" is commonly confused with "to", "tu", "ty". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "til"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "til" is /ˈʧiw/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "til" come from?
"til" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

wir#44,167yat#44,170zag#44,172íon#44,174

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list