Which to use
“talão” and “tango” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,612
- “talão” frequency rank
- #13,623
- “tango” frequency rank
- 58235
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | talão | tango |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | bloco de folhas destacáveis | estilo musical e dança a par; tem forma musical binária e compasso de dois por quatro; sua coreografia é complexa |
Where the eye mixes talão and tango
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. talão (CVCVV) and tango (CVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses talão with tango
A purely visual mix-up. talão (/tɐ.ˈlɐ̃w̃/) and tango (/ˈtɐ̃.ɡu/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58235, 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/. tango is at rank #13,623, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈtɐ̃.ɡu/.
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 58235, this pair ranks #8,863 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of talão vs tango
Shared letters: aot. Private to "talão": lã. Private to "tango": gn.
"talão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "tango" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- tango ← atngo · tagno · tanggo · tanngo · tanog · tnago · ttango
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "talão" for "tango" ever safe?
Frequency check: "talão" vs "tango" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "talão" and "tango" 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 "tango" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #8,863 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "talão" and "tango" 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 #8,863 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.