tecovsteuTell them apart

Quick tell: teco is a noun, teu is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“teco” is a noun and “teu” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#43,185
“teco” frequency rank
#592
“teu” frequency rank
43777
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature teco teu
Definition tiro de arma de fogo de posse da segunda pessoa do singular (tu)

Letter map: teco vs teu

Shared letters muted; letters that set teco and teu apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
teco
3 ch
teu

Part-of-speech tell for teco / teu

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: teco is anoun and teuapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43777, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

teco is recorded at frequency rank #43,185, classified as anoun. teu is at rank #592, tagged as apron, pronounced /ˈtew/.

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 43777, this pair ranks #21,815 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of teco vs teu

Shared letters: et. Private to "teco": co. Private to "teu": u.

"teco" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "teu" · 3 letters · shape CVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tecoetco · tceo · tecco · teoc · tteco

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "teco" and "teu" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "teco" is a noun and "teu" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "teco" vs "teu" - which ranks higher?
"teu" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #592 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.

Useful next steps

You've compared "teco" and "teu". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "teco" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "teu" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #21,815 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "teco" and "teu" 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 #21,815 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