teevstoméTell them apart

Quick tell: tee is a noun, tomé is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“tee” is a noun and “tomé” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#31,164
“tee” frequency rank
#4,602
“tomé” frequency rank
35766
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tee tomé
Definition chá primeira pessoa do singular no pretérito do indicativo do verbo tomar; tomei

Letter map: tee vs tomé

Shared letters muted; letters that set tee and tomé apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. tee runs 3 letters (CVV) against tomé's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
tee
4 ch
tomé

Part-of-speech tell for tee / tomé

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tee is anoun and toméaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35766, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tee is recorded at frequency rank #31,164, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈteː/. tomé is at rank #4,602, tagged as averb.

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 35766, this pair ranks #31,226 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of tee vs tomé

Shared letters: t. Private to "tee": e. Private to "tomé": moé.

"tee" · 3 letters · shape CVV  ·  "tomé" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "tee" and "tomé" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "tee" is a noun and "tomé" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "tee" or "tomé" show up more?
"tomé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,602 in our Portuguese list, against #31,164 for "tee". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "tee" and "tomé".

  • Full dictionary entry for "tee" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tomé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #31,226 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tee" and "tomé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tee vs tune". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #31,226 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