Which to use
“taça” and “touca” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,807
- “taça” frequency rank
- #28,398
- “touca” frequency rank
- 32205
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | taça | touca |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | copo de forma especial, de boca larga e pouco fundo, pode ter algo de pé | pano leve que cobre o cabelo, usado por mulheres |
Letter map: taça vs touca
Shared letters muted; letters that set taça and touca apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Pair insight - taça / touca
taça and touca 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 32205, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
taça is recorded at frequency rank #3,807, classified as anoun. touca is at rank #28,398, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈtow.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 32205, this pair ranks #35,674 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of taça vs touca
Shared letters: at. Private to "taça": ç. Private to "touca": cou.
"taça" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "touca" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- touca ← otuca · tocua · touac · toucca · ttouca · tuoca
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "taça" and "touca" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "taça" vs "touca" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "taça" and "touca". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "taça" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "touca" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #35,674 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "taça" and "touca" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tónica vs touca". 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 #35,674 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.