taçavstuaConfusable pair

Quick tell: taça is a noun, tua is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#3,807
“taça” frequency rank
#662
“tua” frequency rank
4469
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature taça tua
Definition copo de forma especial, de boca larga e pouco fundo, pode ter algo de pé que tem você como objeto

Letter map: taça vs tua

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

4 ch
taça
3 ch
tua

Part-of-speech tell for taça / tua

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: taça is anoun and tuaanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4469, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

taça is recorded at frequency rank #3,807, classified as anoun. tua is at rank #662, tagged as anadj.

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 4469, this pair ranks #70,417 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of taça vs tua

Shared letters: at. Private to "taça": ç. Private to "tua": u.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "taça" for "tua" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "taça" is a noun and "tua" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "taça" or "tua"?
"tua" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #662 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 "tua" 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 "tua" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #70,417 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "taça" and "tua" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "taça vs tosa". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #70,417 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