Which to use
“telha” and “tocha” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,173
- “telha” frequency rank
- #10,975
- “tocha” frequency rank
- 35148
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | telha | tocha |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | vela de cera, grande e grossa; brandão. |
Where the eye mixes telha and tocha
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. telha and tocha follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses telha with tocha
A purely visual mix-up. telha (/ˈtɐj.ʎɐ/) and tocha (/ˈto.ʃɐ/.) 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 35148, 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/. tocha is at rank #10,975, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈto.ʃɐ/..
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 35148, this pair ranks #31,940 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of telha vs tocha
Shared letters: aht. Private to "telha": el. Private to "tocha": co.
"telha" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "tocha" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "telha" and "tocha" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "telha" or "tocha" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "telha" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tocha" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #31,940 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "telha" and "tocha" 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 #31,940 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.