temidovstérmicoTell them apart

Which to use

“temido” and “térmico” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#22,813
“temido” frequency rank
#19,585
“térmico” frequency rank
42398
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature temido térmico
Definition que teme relativo ou associado a calor ou temperatura

Letter map: temido vs térmico

Shared letters muted; letters that set temido and térmico apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
temido
7 ch
térmico

Pair insight - temido / térmico

temido and térmico are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42398, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

temido is recorded at frequency rank #22,813, classified as anadj, pronounced /tɨ.ˈmi.du/. térmico is at rank #19,585, tagged as anadj.

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 42398, this pair ranks #23,379 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of temido vs térmico

Shared letters: imot. Private to "temido": de. Private to "térmico": cré.

"temido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "térmico" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • temidoetmido · teimdo · temdio · temiddo · temiod · temmido · tmeido · ttemido

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "temido" and "térmico" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "temido" vs "térmico" - which ranks higher?
"térmico" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,585 in our Portuguese list, against #22,813 for "temido". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "temido" and "térmico". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "temido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "térmico" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #23,379 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "temido" and "térmico" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "temendo vs temido". 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 #23,379 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list