teu vs ty, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#592
“teu” frequency rank: #23,157
“ty” frequency rank: 23749
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	teu	ty
Definition	de posse da segunda pessoa do singular (tu)	tu, você (pronome pessoal do caso nominativo da segunda pessoa do singular)

Letter map: teu vs ty

Shared letters muted; letters that set teu and ty apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch

teu

2 ch

Corpus notes: teu and ty

teu and ty 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 23749, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

teu is recorded at frequency rank #592, classified as apron, pronounced /ˈtew/. ty is at rank #23,157, tagged as apron.

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 23749, this pair ranks #46,025 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of teu vs ty

Shared letters: t. Private to "teu": eu. Private to "ty": y.

"teu" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "ty" · 2 letters · shape CV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "teu" for "ty" ever safe?

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.

In ordinary Portuguese text, does "teu" or "ty" show up more?

"teu" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #592 in our Portuguese list, against #23,157 for "ty". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pair "teu" vs "ty" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

Full dictionary entry for "teu" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "ty" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #46,025 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"teu" and "ty" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "til vs ty". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #46,025 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.