taça vs talão, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“taça” and “talão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#3,807
“taça” frequency rank: #44,612
“talão” frequency rank: 48419
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	taça	talão
Definition	copo de forma especial, de boca larga e pouco fundo, pode ter algo de pé	bloco de folhas destacáveis

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set taça and talão apart are highlighted. They share 2 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

4 ch

taça

5 ch

talão

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

taça and talão are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48419, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

taça is recorded at frequency rank #3,807, classified as anoun. talão is at rank #44,612, tagged as anoun, pronounced /tɐ.ˈlɐ̃w̃/.

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 48419, this pair ranks #16,747 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of taça vs talão

Shared letters: at. Private to "taça": ç. Private to "talão": loã.

"taça" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "talão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Frequency comparison

taça#3,807

talão#44,612

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "taça" and "talão" be used interchangeably?

No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

Which is more common, "taça" or "talão"?

"taça" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,807 in our Portuguese list, against #44,612 for "talão". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering taça vs talão

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
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