ta vs tala, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“ta” is a conjunction and “tala” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#4,113
“ta” frequency rank: #36,251
“tala” frequency rank: 40364
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	ta	tala
Definition	e:	a moeda de Samoa

Letter map: ta vs tala

Shared letters muted; letters that set ta and tala apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

2 ch

4 ch

tala

Role in the sentence - ta and tala

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ta is aconjunction and talaanoun. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “ta” sits inside “tala”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40364, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ta is recorded at frequency rank #4,113, classified as aconj. tala is at rank #36,251, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈta.lɐ/.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 40364, this pair ranks #25,758 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ta vs tala

Shared letters: at. Private to "ta": -. Private to "tala": l.

"ta" · 2 letters · shape CV · "tala" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

tala ← taal · talla · tlaa · ttala

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ta" for "tala" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ta" is a conjunction and "tala" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary Portuguese text, does "ta" or "tala" show up more?

"ta" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,113 in our Portuguese list, against #36,251 for "tala". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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Full dictionary entry for "ta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "tala" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #25,758 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"ta" and "tala" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tala vs tosa". Nearby pair
Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #25,758 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.