tecovsteseWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#43,185
“teco” frequency rank
#3,647
“tese” frequency rank
46832
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature teco tese
Definition tiro de arma de fogo enunciado que é exposto em um debate e defendido, se refutado

Letter map: teco vs tese

Shared letters muted; letters that set teco and tese apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. teco and tese follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
teco
4 ch
tese

Corpus notes: teco and tese

teco and tese 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 46832, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

teco is recorded at frequency rank #43,185, classified as anoun. tese is at rank #3,647, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈtɛ.zi/.

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 46832, this pair ranks #18,475 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of teco vs tese

Shared letters: et. Private to "teco": co. Private to "tese": s.

"teco" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "tese" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • teco ← etco · tceo · tecco · teoc · tteco
  • tese ← tees · tesse · tsee · ttese

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "teco" and "tese" 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.
Frequency check: "teco" vs "tese" - which ranks higher?
"tese" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,647 in our Portuguese list, against #43,185 for "teco". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pair "teco" vs "tese" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "teco" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tese" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #18,475 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "teco" and "tese" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "teco vs tufo". 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 #18,475 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