tak vs ter, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“tak” is a particle and “ter” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#42,692
“tak” frequency rank: #60
“ter” frequency rank: 42752
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	tak	ter
Definition	sim	acompanhado de verbo no particípio regular, indica ação passada

Letter map: tak vs ter

Shared letters muted; letters that set tak and ter apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch

tak

3 ch

ter

Role in the sentence - tak and ter

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tak is aparticle and teraverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42752, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tak is recorded at frequency rank #42,692, classified as aparticle. ter is at rank #60, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈteɹ/.

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 42752, this pair ranks #22,988 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of tak vs ter

Shared letters: t. Private to "tak": ak. Private to "ter": er.

"tak" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "ter" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "tak" and "ter" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "tak" is a particle and "ter" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "tak" or "ter"?

"ter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #60 in our Portuguese list, against #42,692 for "tak". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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Full dictionary entry for "tak" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "ter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #22,988 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"tak" and "ter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tak vs til". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #22,988 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.