ta vs teu, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#4,113
“ta” frequency rank: #592
“teu” frequency rank: 4705
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	ta	teu
Definition	e:	de posse da segunda pessoa do singular (tu)

Letter map: ta vs teu

Shared letters muted; letters that set ta and teu apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

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teu

Part-of-speech tell for ta / teu

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ta is aconjunction and teuapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4705, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ta is recorded at frequency rank #4,113, classified as aconj. teu is at rank #592, tagged as apron, pronounced /ˈtew/.

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 4705, this pair ranks #70,110 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of ta vs teu

Shared letters: t. Private to "ta": a. Private to "teu": eu.

"ta" · 2 letters · shape CV · "teu" · 3 letters · shape CVV

Frequently Asked Questions

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

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

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

"teu" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #592 in our Portuguese list, against #4,113 for "ta". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "ta" vs "teu" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

Full dictionary entry for "ta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "teu" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #70,110 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"ta" and "teu" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ta vs tosa". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #70,110 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.