# teem vs tem

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### teem
*verb · IPA /tiːm/ · frequency rank #42,238*
fervilhar

### tem
*verb · frequency rank #33*
terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo ter

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