tak vs ty, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#42,692
“tak” frequency rank: #23,157
“ty” frequency rank: 65849
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	tak	ty
Definition	sim	tu, você (pronome pessoal do caso nominativo da segunda pessoa do singular)

Letter map: tak vs ty

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

3 ch

tak

2 ch

Role in the sentence - tak and ty

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tak is aparticle and tyapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65849, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tak is recorded at frequency rank #42,692, classified as aparticle. ty is at rank #23,157, tagged as apron.

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 65849, this pair ranks #5,223 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of tak vs ty

Shared letters: t. Private to "tak": ak. Private to "ty": y.

"tak" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "ty" · 2 letters · shape CV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "tak" for "ty" ever safe?

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

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

"ty" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,157 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.

What to do next

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

Full dictionary entry for "tak" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "ty" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #5,223 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"tak" and "ty" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tak vs til". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #5,223 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.