térmicovsterminaTell them apart

Quick tell: térmico is a adjective, termina is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“térmico” is an adjective and “termina” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#19,585
“térmico” frequency rank
#2,543
“termina” frequency rank
22128
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature térmico termina
Definition relativo ou associado a calor ou temperatura terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo terminar

Letter map: térmico vs termina

Shared letters muted; letters that set térmico and termina apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

7 ch
térmico
7 ch
termina

Role in the sentence - térmico and termina

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: térmico is anadjective and terminaaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22128, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

térmico is recorded at frequency rank #19,585, classified as anadj. termina is at rank #2,543, tagged as averb, pronounced /teʁˈmĩ.nɐ/ [teɦˈmĩ.nɐ].

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 22128, this pair ranks #47,987 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of térmico vs termina

Shared letters: imrt. Private to "térmico": coé. Private to "termina": aen.

"térmico" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "termina" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • terminaetrmina · temrina · terimna · termian · terminna · termmina · termnia · terrmina

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "térmico" and "termina" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "térmico" is an adjective and "termina" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "térmico" or "termina" show up more?
"termina" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,543 in our Portuguese list, against #19,585 for "térmico". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "térmico" vs "termina" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "térmico" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "termina" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #47,987 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "térmico" and "termina" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "temido vs térmico". 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 #47,987 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