taravstomaraConfusable pair

Quick tell: tara is a noun, tomara is an intj, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“tara” is a noun and “tomara” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#14,472
“tara” frequency rank
#9,116
“tomara” frequency rank
23588
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tara tomara
Definition abatimento no peso de mercadorias, atendendo-se ao vaso ou envoltório onde estão acondicionados expressa desejo de bons resultados

Letter map: tara vs tomara

Shared letters muted; letters that set tara and tomara apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

4 ch
tara
6 ch
tomara

Role in the sentence - tara and tomara

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tara is anoun and tomaraanintj. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23588, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tara is recorded at frequency rank #14,472, classified as anoun. tomara is at rank #9,116, tagged as anintj.

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 23588, this pair ranks #46,216 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of tara vs tomara

Shared letters: art. Private to "tara": -. Private to "tomara": mo.

"tara" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "tomara" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • taraatra · taar · tarra · traa · ttara
  • tomaraotmara · tmoara · toamra · tomaar · tomarra · tommara · tomraa · ttomara

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "tara" and "tomara" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "tara" is a noun and "tomara" an intj, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "tara" or "tomara" show up more?
"tomara" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,116 in our Portuguese list, against #14,472 for "tara". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "tara" and "tomara".

  • Full dictionary entry for "tara" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tomara" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #46,216 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tara" and "tomara" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tara vs tosa". 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 #46,216 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