# tinha vs Tonga

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### tinha
*verb · frequency rank #159*
primeira pessoa do singular do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo ter

### Tonga
*noun · IPA /ˈtɔŋaː/, /ˈtɔŋgaː/ · frequency rank #28,048*
Tonga

## Source
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