Which to use
“tirar” and “topar” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #661
- “tirar” frequency rank
- #39,889
- “topar” frequency rank
- 40550
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tirar | topar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | pôr para fora; retirar facilmente, em geral com as mãos | encontrar algo |
Where the eye mixes tirar and topar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. tirar and topar follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: tirar vs topar
A purely visual mix-up. tirar (/t͡ʃiˈɾa(ʁ)/ [t͡ʃiˈɾa(h)]) and topar (/tu.ˈpaɾ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40550, 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)]. topar is at rank #39,889, tagged as averb, pronounced /tu.ˈpaɾ/.
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 40550, this pair ranks #25,529 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tirar vs topar
Shared letters: art. Private to "tirar": i. Private to "topar": op.
"tirar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "topar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tirar" and "topar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "tirar" or "topar"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "tirar" and "topar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "tirar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "topar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,529 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tirar" and "topar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "topar vs tosa". 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 #25,529 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.