# teu vs thug

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### teu
*pronoun · IPA /ˈtew/ · frequency rank #592*
de posse da segunda pessoa do singular (tu)

### thug
*noun · IPA /θʌɡ/ · frequency rank #32,793*
capanga, bandido, criminoso

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/teu-vs-thug