teve vs type, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“teve” is a verb and “type” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#293
“teve” frequency rank: #18,735
“type” frequency rank: 19028
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	teve	type
Definition	terceira pessoa do singular do pretérito perfeito do verbo ter	tipo

Letter map: teve vs type

Shared letters muted; letters that set teve and type apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch

teve

4 ch

type

Grammar separator: teve vs type

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: teve is averb and typeanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19028, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

teve is recorded at frequency rank #293, classified as averb. type is at rank #18,735, tagged as anoun, pronounced /taɪp/.

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 19028, this pair ranks #51,831 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of teve vs type

Shared letters: et. Private to "teve": v. Private to "type": py.

"teve" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "type" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

teve ← etve · teev · tevve · tteve · tvee
type ← tpye · ttype · tyep · typpe · tyype · ytpe

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "teve" for "type" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "teve" is a verb and "type" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "teve" vs "type" - which ranks higher?

"teve" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #293 in our Portuguese list, against #18,735 for "type". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "teve" and "type".

Full dictionary entry for "teve" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "type" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #51,831 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"teve" and "type" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tune vs type". 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 #51,831 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.