Which to use
“terça” and “troca” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,592
- “terça” frequency rank
- #1,264
- “troca” frequency rank
- 2856
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | terça | troca |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | estrofe que contém três versos | o ato de trocar; substituir uma coisa por outra |
Where the eye mixes terça and troca
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: terça vs troca
A purely visual mix-up. terça (/ˈteɾ.sɐ/) and troca (/ˈtɾɔ.kɐ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2856, 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/. troca is at rank #1,264, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈtɾɔ.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 2856, this pair ranks #72,393 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of terça vs troca
Shared letters: art. Private to "terça": eç. Private to "troca": co.
"terça" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "troca" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- troca ← rtoca · torca · trcoa · troac · trocca · trroca · ttroca
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "terça" for "troca" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "terça" or "troca" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "terça" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "troca" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #72,393 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "terça" and "troca" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "trema vs troca". 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 #72,393 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.