tirarvstiverConfusable pair

Which to use

“tirar” and “tiver” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#661
“tirar” frequency rank
#1,230
“tiver” frequency rank
1891
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tirar tiver
Definition pôr para fora; retirar facilmente, em geral com as mãos primeira pessoa do singular do futuro do conjuntivo do verbo ter

Letter map: tirar vs tiver

Shared letters muted; letters that set tirar and tiver apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. tirar and tiver follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
tirar
5 ch
tiver

Spelling & dictionary notes on tirar vs tiver

tirar and tiver are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1891, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tirar is recorded at frequency rank #661, classified as averb, pronounced /t͡ʃiˈɾa(ʁ)/ [t͡ʃiˈɾa(h)]. tiver is at rank #1,230, 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 1891, this pair ranks #73,636 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of tirar vs tiver

Shared letters: irt. Private to "tirar": a. Private to "tiver": ev.

"tirar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "tiver" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tirar ← itrar · tiarr · tirarr · tirra · tirrar · triar · ttirar
  • tiver ← itver · tievr · tiverr · tivre · tivver · ttiver · tvier

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "tirar" and "tiver" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "tirar" or "tiver"?
"tirar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #661 in our Portuguese list, against #1,230 for "tiver". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "tirar" vs "tiver" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "tirar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tiver" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #73,636 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tirar" and "tiver" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tirar vs torrar". 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 #73,636 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