tak vs tha, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#42,692
“tak” frequency rank: #38,931
“tha” frequency rank: 81623
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	tak	tha
Definition	sim	presente do verbo bi (ser, estar); sou/estou, é/está, somos/estamos, são/estão

Letter map: tak vs tha

Shared letters muted; letters that set tak and tha apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. tak (CVC) and tha (CCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

3 ch

tak

3 ch

tha

Grammar separator: tak vs tha

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tak is aparticle and thaaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81623, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tak is recorded at frequency rank #42,692, classified as aparticle. tha is at rank #38,931, tagged as averb, pronounced /ha/.

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 81623, this pair ranks #1,139 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of tak vs tha

Shared letters: at. Private to "tak": k. Private to "tha": h.

"tak" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "tha" · 3 letters · shape CCV

Frequently Asked Questions

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

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

In ordinary Portuguese text, does "tak" or "tha" show up more?

"tha" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,931 in our Portuguese list, against #42,692 for "tak". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "tak" and "tha".

Full dictionary entry for "tak" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "tha" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,139 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"tak" and "tha" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tak vs til". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,139 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.