trevsturnêConfusable pair

Quick tell: tre is a num, turnê is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“tre” is a num and “turnê” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#14,981
“tre” frequency rank
#5,799
“turnê” frequency rank
20780
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tre turnê
Definition três passagem de cunho comercial e artístico por um circuito de localidades já estipuladas as quais são pontuadas por apresentação com data certa

Letter map: tre vs turnê

Shared letters muted; letters that set tre and turnê apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. tre runs 3 letters (CCV) against turnê's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
tre
5 ch
turnê

Role in the sentence - tre and turnê

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tre is anum and turnêanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20780, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tre is recorded at frequency rank #14,981, classified as anum, pronounced /tre/. turnê is at rank #5,799, 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 20780, this pair ranks #49,649 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of tre vs turnê

Shared letters: rt. Private to "tre": e. Private to "turnê": nuê.

"tre" · 3 letters · shape CCV  ·  "turnê" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "tre" and "turnê" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "tre" is a num and "turnê" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "tre" or "turnê" show up more?
"turnê" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,799 in our Portuguese list, against #14,981 for "tre". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "tre" and "turnê". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "tre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "turnê" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #49,649 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tre" and "turnê" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tre vs trema". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #49,649 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