Which to use
“temido” and “tímido” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,813
- “temido” frequency rank
- #10,625
- “tímido” frequency rank
- 33438
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | temido | tímido |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que teme | estado ou condição de quem tem timidez; que não tem autoconfiança |
Where the eye mixes temido and tímido
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. temido and tímido follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between temido and tímido
A purely visual mix-up. temido (/tɨ.ˈmi.du/) and tímido (/ˈti.mi.du/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - e in “temido” becomes í in “tímido”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33438, 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/. tímido is at rank #10,625, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈti.mi.du/.
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 33438, this pair ranks #34,091 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of temido vs tímido
Shared letters: dimot. Private to "temido": e. Private to "tímido": í.
"temido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "tímido" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- temido ← etmido · teimdo · temdio · temiddo · temiod · temmido · tmeido · ttemido
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "temido" for "tímido" ever safe?
Frequency check: "temido" vs "tímido" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "temido" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tímido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #34,091 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "temido" and "tímido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tímido vs titio". 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 #34,091 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.