tua

adj

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The verdict

“tua” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #662) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#662
frequency rank, Portuguese
917
“T” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que tem você como objeto

Corpus desk

Index PT-tua · tua · Portuguese

tua · rank #662 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #662
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 917
  • PHOTO-FINISH tirar

Nearest frequency peer: tirar (-1 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 “tua”

Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo

corpus weight

What this shows As barras situam “tua” 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).

tua vs ty
33% similar
tua vs two
33% similar
tua vs tudo
50% similar

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

Key facts for tua
PropertyValue
Headwordtua
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters3
Frequency rank#662
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “tua”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.tuacai 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 “tirar” (#661), “amo” (#663), “teria” (#660). Entre 917 lemas com “T”, “tua” fica em #662. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for tua is neighbouring look-alikes ("ty", "two", …), not just typos; it is anadjective. Frequency #662 among 917 “T” headwords. Gloss: "que tem você como objeto".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tua, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ty", "two", "tudo", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is tua, spelled T-U-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    que tem você como objeto

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Sinto saudades tuas.

Synonyms

sua

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 "tua"?
"tua" is spelled T-U-A.
What does "tua" mean?
As an adjective, "tua" means: que tem você como objeto
What words are commonly confused with "tua"?
"tua" is commonly confused with "ty", "two", "tudo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "tua" come from?
"tua" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

amo#663ler#648voz#612luz#604

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list