tese vs these, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#3,647
“tese” frequency rank: #18,727
“these” frequency rank: 22374
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	tese	these
Definition	enunciado que é exposto em um debate e defendido, se refutado	vide tese

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set tese and these apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

4 ch

tese

5 ch

these

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

tese and these 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 22374, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tese is recorded at frequency rank #3,647, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈtɛ.zi/. these is at rank #18,727, tagged as anoun.

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 22374, this pair ranks #47,683 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of tese vs these

Shared letters: est. Private to "tese": -. Private to "these": h.

"tese" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "these" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

tese ← tees · tesse · tsee · ttese
these ← htese · tehse · thees · thesse · thhese · thsee · tthese

Frequency comparison

tese#3,647

these#18,727

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "tese" and "these" be used interchangeably?

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.

Which is more common, "tese" or "these"?

"tese" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,647 in our Portuguese list, against #18,727 for "these". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering tese vs these

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Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
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