# tale vs told

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### tale
*noun · IPA /taːlə/, [ˈtˢæːlə] · frequency rank #40,352*
discurso, fala

### told
*noun · IPA /tɔl/, [tˢʌlˀ], [ˈtʌlˀ] · frequency rank #29,938*
taxa; tarifa (imposto cobrado sobre bens importados ou, em casos mais raros, exportados)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tale-vs-told