taçavstaxarWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: taça is a noun, taxar is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#3,807
“taça” frequency rank
#41,268
“taxar” frequency rank
45075
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature taça taxar
Definition copo de forma especial, de boca larga e pouco fundo, pode ter algo de pé estabelecer ou cobrar taxa

Letter map: taça vs taxar

Shared letters muted; letters that set taça and taxar apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. taça runs 4 letters (CVCV) against taxar's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
taça
5 ch
taxar

Role in the sentence - taça and taxar

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: taça is anoun and taxaraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45075, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

taça is recorded at frequency rank #3,807, classified as anoun. taxar is at rank #41,268, tagged as averb, pronounced /taˈʃa(ʁ)/ [taˈʃa(h)].

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 45075, this pair ranks #20,357 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of taça vs taxar

Shared letters: at. Private to "taça": ç. Private to "taxar": rx.

"taça" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "taxar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • taxar ← atxar · taaxr · taxarr · taxra · taxxar · ttaxar · txaar

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "taça" for "taxar" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "taça" is a noun and "taxar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "taça" or "taxar" show up more?
"taça" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,807 in our Portuguese list, against #41,268 for "taxar". 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 "taxar".

  • Full dictionary entry for "taça" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "taxar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #20,357 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "taça" and "taxar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "talão vs taxar". 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 #20,357 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list