taça vs tak, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“taça” is a noun and “tak” is a particle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,807
“taça” frequency rank: #42,692
“tak” frequency rank: 46499
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	taça	tak
Definition	copo de forma especial, de boca larga e pouco fundo, pode ter algo de pé	sim

Letter map: taça vs tak

Shared letters muted; letters that set taça and tak apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch

taça

3 ch

tak

Grammar separator: taça vs tak

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: taça is anoun and takaparticle. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46499, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

taça is recorded at frequency rank #3,807, classified as anoun. tak is at rank #42,692, tagged as aparticle.

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 46499, this pair ranks #18,793 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of taça vs tak

Shared letters: at. Private to "taça": ç. Private to "tak": k.

"taça" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "tak" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "taça" and "tak" mean the same thing in a sentence?

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

Frequency check: "taça" vs "tak" - which ranks higher?

"taça" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,807 in our Portuguese list, against #42,692 for "tak". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "taça" and "tak".

Full dictionary entry for "taça" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "tak" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #18,793 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"taça" and "tak" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tak vs til". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #18,793 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.