talhadavstapadaWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: talhada is a noun, tapada is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“talhada” is a noun and “tapada” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#36,666
“talhada” frequency rank
#34,485
“tapada” frequency rank
71151
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature talhada tapada
Definition fatia de um fruto feminino de tapado

Letter map: talhada vs tapada

Shared letters muted; letters that set talhada and tapada apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. talhada runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against tapada's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
talhada
6 ch
tapada

Grammar separator: talhada vs tapada

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: talhada is anoun and tapadaanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71151, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

talhada is recorded at frequency rank #36,666, classified as anoun, pronounced /tɐ.ˈʎa.dɐ/. tapada is at rank #34,485, tagged as anadj.

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 71151, this pair ranks #3,433 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of talhada vs tapada

Shared letters: adt. Private to "talhada": hl. Private to "tapada": p.

"talhada" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "tapada" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • talhada ← atlhada · tahlada · talahda · talhaad · talhadda · talhdaa · talhhada · tallhada
  • tapada ← atpada · taapda · tapaad · tapadda · tapdaa · tappada · tpaada · ttapada

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "talhada" for "tapada" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "talhada" is a noun and "tapada" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "talhada" vs "tapada" - which ranks higher?
"tapada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,485 in our Portuguese list, against #36,666 for "talhada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "talhada" vs "tapada" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "talhada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tapada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #3,433 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "talhada" and "tapada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tapada vs tapado". 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 #3,433 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