Which to use
“telha” is a noun and “tha” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,173
- “telha” frequency rank
- #38,931
- “tha” frequency rank
- 63104
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | telha | tha |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | presente do verbo bi (ser, estar); sou/estou, é/está, somos/estamos, são/estão |
Where the eye mixes telha and tha
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. telha runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against tha's 3 (CCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: telha vs tha
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: telha is /ˈtɐj.ʎɐ/ while tha is /ha/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63104, 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/. tha is at rank #38,931, tagged as averb, pronounced /ha/.
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 63104, this pair ranks #6,355 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of telha vs tha
Shared letters: aht. Private to "telha": el. Private to "tha": -.
"telha" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "tha" · 3 letters · shape CCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- telha ← etlha · tehla · telah · telhha · tellha · tleha · ttelha
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "telha" for "tha" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "telha" or "tha" show up more?
What to do next
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 "tha" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #6,355 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "telha" and "tha" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tha vs tosa". 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 #6,355 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.