talãovsterãoWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: talão is a noun, terão is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“talão” is a noun and “terão” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#44,612
“talão” frequency rank
#2,294
“terão” frequency rank
46906
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature talão terão
Definition bloco de folhas destacáveis terceira pessoa do plural do futuro do indicativo do verbo ter

Letter map: talão vs terão

Shared letters muted; letters that set talão and terão apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. talão and terão follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
talão
5 ch
terão

Grammar separator: talão vs terão

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: talão is anoun and terãoaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46906, 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/. terão is at rank #2,294, tagged as averb.

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 46906, this pair ranks #18,399 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of talão vs terão

Shared letters: otã. Private to "talão": al. Private to "terão": er.

"talão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "terão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "talão" and "terão" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "talão" is a noun and "terão" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "talão" vs "terão" - which ranks higher?
"terão" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,294 in our Portuguese list, against #44,612 for "talão". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "talão" and "terão". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "talão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "terão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #18,399 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "talão" and "terão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "talão vs travão". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #18,399 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list