tinhamvstintimWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: tinham is a verb, tintim is an intj, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“tinham” is a verb and “tintim” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#904
“tinham” frequency rank
#27,691
“tintim” frequency rank
28595
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tinham tintim
Definition terceira pessoa do plural do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo ter expressa incentivo a que se brinde, comumente fazendo-o pós ter batido o recipiente do qual se bebe no de quem está próximo

Letter map: tinham vs tintim

Shared letters muted; letters that set tinham and tintim apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
tinham
6 ch
tintim

Role in the sentence - tinham and tintim

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tinham is averb and tintimanintj. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28595, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tinham is recorded at frequency rank #904, classified as averb. tintim is at rank #27,691, tagged as anintj, pronounced /tĩ.ˈtĩ/.

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 28595, this pair ranks #40,212 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of tinham vs tintim

Shared letters: imnt. Private to "tinham": ah. Private to "tintim": -.

"tinham" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "tintim" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tinhamitnham · tihnam · tinahm · tinhamm · tinhham · tinhma · tinnham · tniham
  • tintimitntim · tinitm · tinntim · tintimm · tintmi · tinttim · titnim · tnitim

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "tinham" and "tintim" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "tinham" is a verb and "tintim" an intj, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "tinham" or "tintim"?
"tinham" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #904 in our Portuguese list, against #27,691 for "tintim". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pair "tinham" vs "tintim" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "tinham" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tintim" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #40,212 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tinham" and "tintim" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tintim vs titio". 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 #40,212 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list