# tabu vs tala

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### tabu
*noun · IPA /ta.ˈbu/ · frequency rank #14,249*
medo ou proibição de origem religiosa ou social

### tala
*noun · IPA /ˈta.lɐ/ · frequency rank #36,251*
a moeda de Samoa

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