Which to use
“tarda” is a noun and “tarde” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,201
- “tarda” frequency rank
- #279
- “tarde” frequency rank
- 18480
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tarda | tarde |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | tarde | tardiamente, atrasado |
Letter map: tarda vs tarde
Shared letters muted; letters that set tarda and tarde apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. tarda and tarde follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for tarda / tarde
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tarda is anoun and tardeanadverb. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “tarda” becomes e in “tarde”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18480, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tarda is recorded at frequency rank #18,201, classified as anoun. tarde is at rank #279, tagged as anadv, pronounced /'tax.dʒɪ/.
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 18480, this pair ranks #52,499 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tarda vs tarde
Shared letters: adrt. Private to "tarda": -. Private to "tarde": e.
"tarda" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "tarde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "tarda" for "tarde" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "tarda" or "tarde" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "tarda" vs "tarde" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "tarda" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tarde" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #52,499 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tarda" and "tarde" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tarda vs turba". 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 #52,499 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.