teriavsturmaConfusable pair

Quick tell: teria is a verb, turma is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“teria” is a verb and “turma” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#660
“teria” frequency rank
#2,452
“turma” frequency rank
3112
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature teria turma
Definition primeira pessoa do singular do condicional do verbo ter grupo

Letter map: teria vs turma

Shared letters muted; letters that set teria and turma apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
teria
5 ch
turma

Role in the sentence - teria and turma

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: teria is averb and turmaanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3112, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

teria is recorded at frequency rank #660, classified as averb. turma is at rank #2,452, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈtuɾ.mɐ/.

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 3112, this pair ranks #72,092 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of teria vs turma

Shared letters: art. Private to "teria": ei. Private to "turma": mu.

"teria" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "turma" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • teriaetria · teira · terai · terria · treia · tteria
  • turmatruma · tturma · tumra · turam · turmma · turrma · utrma

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "teria" for "turma" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "teria" is a verb and "turma" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "teria" or "turma" show up more?
"teria" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #660 in our Portuguese list, against #2,452 for "turma". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "teria" vs "turma" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "teria" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "turma" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #72,092 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "teria" and "turma" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "trema vs turma". 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 #72,092 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