tardavsturmaTell them apart

Which to use

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

#18,201
“tarda” frequency rank
#2,452
“turma” frequency rank
20653
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tarda turma
Definition tarde grupo

Letter map: tarda vs turma

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

5 ch
tarda
5 ch
turma

Corpus notes: tarda and turma

tarda 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20653, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tarda is recorded at frequency rank #18,201, 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 20653, this pair ranks #49,790 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of tarda vs turma

Shared letters: art. Private to "tarda": d. Private to "turma": mu.

"tarda" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "turma" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tardaatrda · tadra · tarad · tardda · tarrda · trada · ttarda
  • turmatruma · tturma · tumra · turam · turmma · turrma · utrma

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "tarda" and "turma" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "tarda" or "turma"?
"turma" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,452 in our Portuguese list, against #18,201 for "tarda". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "tarda" vs "turma" 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 "turma" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #49,790 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tarda" and "turma" 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 #49,790 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