# task vs tau

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### task
*noun · IPA /tɑːsk/ (britânica) · frequency rank #34,487*
tarefa

### tau
*noun · IPA /taw/ · frequency rank #32,397*
nome da décima nona letra do alfabeto grego (Τ/τ)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/task-vs-tau