terávsthereConfusable pair

Quick tell: terá is a verb, there is an adverb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“terá” is a verb and “there” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#747
“terá” frequency rank
#9,584
“there” frequency rank
10331
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature terá there
Definition terceira pessoa do singular do futuro do indicativo do verbo ter aí, nesse local (perto do interlocutor):

Letter map: terá vs there

Shared letters muted; letters that set terá and there apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
terá
5 ch
there

Role in the sentence - terá and there

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: terá is averb and thereanadverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10331, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

terá is recorded at frequency rank #747, classified as averb. there is at rank #9,584, tagged as anadv, pronounced /ˈðɛɹ/.

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 10331, this pair ranks #62,808 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of terá vs there

Shared letters: ert. Private to "terá": á. Private to "there": h.

"terá" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "there" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • therehtere · tehre · theer · therre · thhere · three · tthere

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "terá" for "there" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "terá" is a verb and "there" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "terá" or "there" show up more?
"terá" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #747 in our Portuguese list, against #9,584 for "there". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "terá" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "there" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #62,808 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "terá" and "there" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "there vs thorn". 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 #62,808 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