taçavsthaWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#3,807
“taça” frequency rank
#38,931
“tha” frequency rank
42738
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature taça tha
Definition copo de forma especial, de boca larga e pouco fundo, pode ter algo de pé presente do verbo bi (ser, estar); sou/estou, é/está, somos/estamos, são/estão

Letter map: taça vs tha

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

4 ch
taça
3 ch
tha

Grammar separator: taça vs tha

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: taça is anoun and thaaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42738, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

taça is recorded at frequency rank #3,807, classified as anoun. tha is at rank #38,931, tagged as averb, pronounced /ha/.

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 42738, this pair ranks #23,005 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of taça vs tha

Shared letters: at. Private to "taça": ç. Private to "tha": h.

"taça" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "tha" · 3 letters · shape CCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "taça" and "tha" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "taça" is a noun and "tha" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "taça" or "tha" show up more?
"taça" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,807 in our Portuguese list, against #38,931 for "tha". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "taça" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tha" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #23,005 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "taça" and "tha" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tha vs tosa". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #23,005 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