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

#27,694
“tra” frequency rank
#10,802
“traje” frequency rank
38496
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tra traje
Definition coisa roupa

Where the eye mixes tra and traje

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

3 ch
tra
5 ch
traje

Look-alike desk: tra vs traje

A purely visual mix-up. tra (/tʀa/) and traje (/ˈtɾa.ʒɨ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “tra” sits inside “traje”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38496, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tra is recorded at frequency rank #27,694, classified as anoun, pronounced /tʀa/. traje is at rank #10,802, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈtɾa.ʒɨ/.

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 38496, this pair ranks #27,955 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of tra vs traje

Shared letters: art. Private to "tra": -. Private to "traje": ej.

"tra" · 3 letters · shape CCV  ·  "traje" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • trajertaje · tarje · traej · trajje · trjae · trraje · ttraje

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "tra" and "traje" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/tʀa/ versus /ˈtɾa.ʒɨ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "tra" or "traje"?
"traje" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,802 in our Portuguese list, against #27,694 for "tra". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "tra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "traje" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #27,955 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tra" and "traje" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tra vs trema". 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 #27,955 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