Which to use
“talão” and “talco” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,612
- “talão” frequency rank
- #37,106
- “talco” frequency rank
- 81718
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | talão | talco |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | bloco de folhas destacáveis | mineral derivado do magnésio e que se apresenta em agregados de lâminas |
Where the eye mixes talão and talco
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. talão (CVCVV) and talco (CVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: talão vs talco
A purely visual mix-up. talão (/tɐ.ˈlɐ̃w̃/) and talco (/ˈtaɫ.ku/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - ã in “talão” becomes c in “talco”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81718, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
talão is recorded at frequency rank #44,612, classified as anoun, pronounced /tɐ.ˈlɐ̃w̃/. talco is at rank #37,106, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈtaɫ.ku/.
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 81718, this pair ranks #1,131 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of talão vs talco
Shared letters: alot. Private to "talão": ã. Private to "talco": c.
"talão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "talco" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- talco ← atlco · taclo · talcco · tallco · taloc · tlaco · ttalco
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "talão" and "talco" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "talão" vs "talco" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "talão" and "talco" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "talão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "talco" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,131 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "talão" and "talco" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "talão vs travão". 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 #1,131 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.