Which to use
“taça” is a noun and “tocam” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,807
- “taça” frequency rank
- #12,154
- “tocam” frequency rank
- 15961
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | taça | tocam |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | copo de forma especial, de boca larga e pouco fundo, pode ter algo de pé | terceira pessoa do plural do presente do indicativo do verbo tocar |
Letter map: taça vs tocam
Shared letters muted; letters that set taça and tocam apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for taça / tocam
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: taça is anoun and tocamaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15961, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
taça is recorded at frequency rank #3,807, classified as anoun. tocam is at rank #12,154, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈtɔ.kɐ̃w̃/ [ˈtɔ.kɐ̃ʊ̯̃].
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 15961, this pair ranks #55,735 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of taça vs tocam
Shared letters: at. Private to "taça": ç. Private to "tocam": cmo.
"taça" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "tocam" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tocam ← otcam · tcoam · toacm · tocamm · toccam · tocma · ttocam
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "taça" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tocam" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #55,735 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "taça" and "tocam" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tocam 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 #55,735 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.