taçavstiaConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#3,807
“taça” frequency rank
#2,401
“tia” frequency rank
6208
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature taça tia
Definition copo de forma especial, de boca larga e pouco fundo, pode ter algo de pé irmã do pai

Letter map: taça vs tia

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

4 ch
taça
3 ch
tia

Pair insight - taça / tia

taça and tia 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 6208, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

taça is recorded at frequency rank #3,807, classified as anoun. tia is at rank #2,401, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈʧi.ɐ/.

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 6208, this pair ranks #68,269 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of taça vs tia

Shared letters: at. Private to "taça": ç. Private to "tia": i.

"taça" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "tia" · 3 letters · shape CVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "taça" for "tia" ever safe?
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.
Frequency check: "taça" vs "tia" - which ranks higher?
"tia" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,401 in our Portuguese list, against #3,807 for "taça". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "taça" vs "tia" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "taça" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tia" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #68,269 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "taça" and "tia" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "taça vs tosa". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #68,269 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