Which to use
“temor” is a noun and “temos” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,349
- “temor” frequency rank
- #292
- “temos” frequency rank
- 12641
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | temor | temos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | medo, receio, sensação resultante da ideia de perigo | primeira pessoa do plural do presente do indicativo do verbo ter |
Letter map: temor vs temos
Shared letters muted; letters that set temor and temos apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Role in the sentence - temor and temos
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: temor is anoun and temosaverb. On the page they differ by a single letter - r in “temor” becomes s in “temos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12641, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
temor is recorded at frequency rank #12,349, classified as anoun, pronounced \te.'mo*\. temos is at rank #292, 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 12641, this pair ranks #59,881 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of temor vs temos
Shared letters: emot. Private to "temor": r. Private to "temos": s.
"temor" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "temos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "temor" and "temos" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "temor" vs "temos" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "temor" vs "temos" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "temor" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "temos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #59,881 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "temor" and "temos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "teco vs temor". 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 #59,881 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.