Which to use
“telha” and “terça” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,173
- “telha” frequency rank
- #1,592
- “terça” frequency rank
- 25765
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | telha | terça |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | peça de barro cozido ou de outro material (pedra, cimento-amianto, metal, vidro, plástico, madeira etc.), usado na cobertura de casas e outros edifícios | estrofe que contém três versos |
Where the eye mixes telha and terça
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: telha vs terça
A purely visual mix-up. telha (/ˈtɐj.ʎɐ/) and terça (/ˈteɾ.sɐ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25765, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
telha is recorded at frequency rank #24,173, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈtɐj.ʎɐ/. terça is at rank #1,592, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈteɾ.sɐ/.
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 25765, this pair ranks #43,485 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of telha vs terça
Shared letters: aet. Private to "telha": hl. Private to "terça": rç.
"telha" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "terça" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- telha ← etlha · tehla · telah · telhha · tellha · tleha · ttelha
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "telha" for "terça" ever safe?
Which is more common, "telha" or "terça"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "telha" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "terça" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #43,485 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "telha" and "terça" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "telha vs tralha". 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 #43,485 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.