taçavstocaWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#3,807
“taça” frequency rank
#2,545
“toca” frequency rank
6352
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature taça toca
Definition copo de forma especial, de boca larga e pouco fundo, pode ter algo de pé buraco, natural ou aberto por alguns animais (roedores, aves, desdentados, etc.), usado como abrigo em árvores, solo, pedras ou outros ambientes (como a casa de troncos do castor)

Letter map: taça vs toca

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

4 ch
taça
4 ch
toca

Spelling & dictionary notes on taça vs toca

taça and toca 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6352, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

taça is recorded at frequency rank #3,807, classified as anoun. toca is at rank #2,545, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈtɔ.kɐ/.

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 6352, this pair ranks #68,092 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of taça vs toca

Shared letters: at. Private to "taça": ç. Private to "toca": co.

"taça" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "toca" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tocaotca · tcoa · toac · tocca · ttoca

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "taça" and "toca" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "taça" vs "toca" - which ranks higher?
"toca" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,545 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

You've compared "taça" and "toca". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "taça" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "toca" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #68,092 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "taça" and "toca" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "taça vs tosa". 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 #68,092 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