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

#747
“terá” frequency rank
#38,931
“tha” frequency rank
39678
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature terá tha
Definition terceira pessoa do singular do futuro do indicativo do verbo ter presente do verbo bi (ser, estar); sou/estou, é/está, somos/estamos, são/estão

Letter map: terá vs tha

Shared letters muted; letters that set terá and tha apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

4 ch
terá
3 ch
tha

Corpus notes: terá and tha

terá and tha 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 39678, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

terá is recorded at frequency rank #747, classified as averb. tha is at rank #38,931, tagged as averb, pronounced /ha/.

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 39678, this pair ranks #26,528 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of terá vs tha

Shared letters: t. Private to "terá": erá. Private to "tha": ah.

"terá" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "tha" · 3 letters · shape CCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "terá" and "tha" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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.
Which is more common, "terá" or "tha"?
"terá" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #747 in our Portuguese list, against #38,931 for "tha". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "terá" and "tha".

  • Full dictionary entry for "terá" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tha" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #26,528 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "terá" and "tha" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tha vs tosa". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #26,528 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