Which to use
“taça” and “teco” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,807
- “taça” frequency rank
- #43,185
- “teco” frequency rank
- 46992
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | taça | teco |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | copo de forma especial, de boca larga e pouco fundo, pode ter algo de pé | tiro de arma de fogo |
Letter map: taça vs teco
Shared letters muted; letters that set taça and teco apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. taça and teco follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Corpus notes: taça and teco
taça and teco 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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46992, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
taça is recorded at frequency rank #3,807, classified as anoun. teco is at rank #43,185, tagged as anoun.
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 46992, this pair ranks #18,301 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of taça vs teco
Shared letters: t. Private to "taça": aç. Private to "teco": ceo.
"taça" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "teco" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- teco ← etco · tceo · tecco · teoc · tteco
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "taça" and "teco" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "taça" vs "teco" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "taça" and "teco". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "taça" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "teco" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #18,301 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "taça" and "teco" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "teco vs tufo". 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 #18,301 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.