# te vs tio

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### te
*pronoun · IPA /tɨ/ · frequency rank #59*
a ti

### tio
*noun · IPA /ti.u/ [t͡ʃiu̯], [tiu̯] · frequency rank #2,211*
irmão da mãe ou do pai

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