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“tara” and “turma” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#14,472
“tara” frequency rank
#2,452
“turma” frequency rank
16924
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tara turma
Definition abatimento no peso de mercadorias, atendendo-se ao vaso ou envoltório onde estão acondicionados grupo

Letter map: tara vs turma

Shared letters muted; letters that set tara and turma apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
tara
5 ch
turma

Corpus notes: tara and turma

tara and turma are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16924, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tara is recorded at frequency rank #14,472, classified as anoun. turma is at rank #2,452, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈtuɾ.mɐ/.

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 16924, this pair ranks #54,473 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of tara vs turma

Shared letters: art. Private to "tara": -. Private to "turma": mu.

"tara" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "turma" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • taraatra · taar · tarra · traa · ttara
  • turmatruma · tturma · tumra · turam · turmma · turrma · utrma

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "tara" and "turma" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "tara" vs "turma" - which ranks higher?
"turma" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,452 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.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "tara" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "turma" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #54,473 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tara" and "turma" 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 #54,473 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