Which to use
“til” is a noun and “tive” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,136
- “til” frequency rank
- #730
- “tive” frequency rank
- 44866
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | til | tive |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | sinal diacrítico (~) utilizado para modificar a pronúncia de determinadas letras no português (indicando nasalização) e em alguns outros idiomas ( bretão ...) | primeira pessoa do singular do pretérito perfeito do indicativo do verbo ter |
Letter map: til vs tive
Shared letters muted; letters that set til and tive apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Role in the sentence - til and tive
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: til is anoun and tiveaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44866, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
til is recorded at frequency rank #44,136, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈʧiw/. tive is at rank #730, tagged as averb.
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 44866, this pair ranks #20,561 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of til vs tive
Shared letters: it. Private to "til": l. Private to "tive": ev.
"til" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "tive" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- tive ← itve · tiev · tivve · ttive · tvie
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "til" and "tive" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "til" vs "tive" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "til" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tive" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #20,561 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "til" and "tive" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tifo vs til". 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 #20,561 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.