Which to use
“tinhas” is a verb and “tinta” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,926
- “tinhas” frequency rank
- #5,260
- “tinta” frequency rank
- 23186
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tinhas | tinta |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | segunda pessoa do singular do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo ter | líquido com pigmentação colorida utilizado na escrita e na impressão: |
Letter map: tinhas vs tinta
Shared letters muted; letters that set tinhas and tinta apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. tinhas runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against tinta's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for tinhas / tinta
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tinhas is averb and tintaanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23186, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tinhas is recorded at frequency rank #17,926, classified as averb. tinta is at rank #5,260, tagged as anoun.
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 23186, this pair ranks #46,692 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tinhas vs tinta
Shared letters: aint. Private to "tinhas": hs. Private to "tinta": -.
"tinhas" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "tinta" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "tinhas" for "tinta" ever safe?
Which is more common, "tinhas" or "tinta"?
Useful next steps
You've compared "tinhas" and "tinta". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "tinhas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tinta" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #46,692 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tinhas" and "tinta" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tainha vs tinhas". 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 #46,692 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.