Which to use
“tainha” is a noun and “tinham” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #47,633
- “tainha” frequency rank
- #904
- “tinham” frequency rank
- 48537
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tainha | tinham |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | peixe da família dos mugilídeos, também chamado fataça, mugem, etc. | terceira pessoa do plural do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo ter |
Letter map: tainha vs tinham
Shared letters muted; letters that set tainha and tinham apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. tainha (CVVCCV) and tinham (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for tainha / tinham
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tainha is anoun and tinhamaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48537, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tainha is recorded at frequency rank #47,633, classified as anoun, pronounced /tɐ.ˈi.ɲɐ/. tinham is at rank #904, tagged as averb.
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 48537, this pair ranks #16,628 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tainha vs tinham
Shared letters: ahint. Private to "tainha": -. Private to "tinham": m.
"tainha" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "tinham" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tainha" and "tinham" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "tainha" or "tinham" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "tainha" and "tinham".
- Full dictionary entry for "tainha" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tinham" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #16,628 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tainha" and "tinham" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tainha vs trinca". 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 #16,628 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.