# tufão

> Portuguese word · Noun · IPA /tu.ˈfɐ̃w̃/ · frequency rank #17,166

## Definitions
1. ciclone tropical que atinge o oriente, ocorrendo principalmente nos mares da China
2. ventania, vento muito forte, vento tempestuoso

## Easily confused with
- **tuga** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tufao-vs-tuga)
- **tuna** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tufao-vs-tuna)
- **tufo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tufao-vs-tufo)
- **turco** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tufao-vs-turco)
- **turbo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tufao-vs-turbo)
- **túlio** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tufao-vs-tulio)
- **turvo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tufao-vs-turvo)
- **tão** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tao-vs-tufao)
- **tua** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tua-vs-tufao)
- **tudo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tudo-vs-tufao)
- **tubo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tubo-vs-tufao)
- **tifo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tifo-vs-tufao)
- **terão** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/terao-vs-tufao)
- **tesão** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tesao-vs-tufao)
- **trufa** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/trufa-vs-tufao)
- **talão** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/talao-vs-tufao)
- **tucano** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tucano-vs-tufao)

## Common misspellings (6)
`tfuão`, `ttufão`, `tuffão`, `tufoã`, `tuãfo`, `utfão`

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