Which to use
“terça” and “toca” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,592
- “terça” frequency rank
- #2,545
- “toca” frequency rank
- 4137
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | terça | toca |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | estrofe que contém três versos | buraco, natural ou aberto por alguns animais (roedores, aves, desdentados, etc.), usado como abrigo em árvores, solo, pedras ou outros ambientes (como a casa de troncos do castor) |
Where the eye mixes terça and toca
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between terça and toca
A purely visual mix-up. terça (/ˈteɾ.sɐ/) and toca (/ˈtɔ.kɐ/) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4137, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
terça is recorded at frequency rank #1,592, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈteɾ.sɐ/. toca is at rank #2,545, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈtɔ.kɐ/.
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 4137, this pair ranks #70,866 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of terça vs toca
Shared letters: at. Private to "terça": erç. Private to "toca": co.
"terça" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "toca" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- toca ← otca · tcoa · toac · tocca · ttoca
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "terça" for "toca" ever safe?
Frequency check: "terça" vs "toca" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "terça" and "toca" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "terça" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "toca" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #70,866 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "terça" and "toca" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "toca vs tónica". 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 #70,866 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.