Which to use
“telha” is a noun and “tinha” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,173
- “telha” frequency rank
- #159
- “tinha” frequency rank
- 24332
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | telha | tinha |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | primeira pessoa do singular do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo ter |
Letter map: telha vs tinha
Shared letters muted; letters that set telha and tinha apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. telha and tinha follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - telha and tinha
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: telha is anoun and tinhaaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24332, 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/. tinha is at rank #159, 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 24332, this pair ranks #45,307 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of telha vs tinha
Shared letters: aht. Private to "telha": el. Private to "tinha": in.
"telha" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "tinha" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "telha" for "tinha" ever safe?
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What to do next
You've compared "telha" and "tinha". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "telha" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tinha" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #45,307 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "telha" and "tinha" 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 #45,307 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.