Which to use
“teste” is an adjective and “these” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,412
- “teste” frequency rank
- #18,727
- “these” frequency rank
- 20139
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | teste | these |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que é feito em caráter preliminar, para testar ou servir como protótipo | vide tese |
Letter map: teste vs these
Shared letters muted; letters that set teste and these apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for teste / these
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: teste is anadjective and theseanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20139, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
teste is recorded at frequency rank #1,412, classified as anadj. 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 20139, this pair ranks #50,455 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of teste vs these
Shared letters: est. Private to "teste": -. Private to "these": h.
"teste" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "these" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "teste" for "these" ever safe?
Frequency check: "teste" vs "these" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "teste" and "these". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "teste" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "these" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #50,455 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "teste" and "these" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tee vs these". 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 #50,455 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.