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Which to use

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

#747
“terá” frequency rank
#661
“tirar” frequency rank
1408
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature terá tirar
Definition terceira pessoa do singular do futuro do indicativo do verbo ter pôr para fora; retirar facilmente, em geral com as mãos

Letter map: terá vs tirar

Shared letters muted; letters that set terá and tirar apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
terá
5 ch
tirar

Spelling & dictionary notes on terá vs tirar

terá and tirar 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 1408, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

terá is recorded at frequency rank #747, classified as averb. tirar is at rank #661, tagged as averb, pronounced /t͡ʃiˈɾa(ʁ)/ [t͡ʃiˈɾa(h)].

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 1408, this pair ranks #74,171 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of terá vs tirar

Shared letters: rt. Private to "terá": . Private to "tirar": ai.

"terá" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "tirar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tiraritrar · tiarr · tirarr · tirra · tirrar · triar · ttirar

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "terá" for "tirar" ever safe?
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: "terá" vs "tirar" - which ranks higher?
"tirar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #661 in our Portuguese list, against #747 for "terá". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "terá" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tirar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #74,171 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "terá" and "tirar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "terá vs trema". 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 #74,171 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