Which to use
“treme” and “tremer” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,852
- “treme” frequency rank
- #13,407
- “tremer” frequency rank
- 39259
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | treme | tremer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo tremer | vibrar, sacudir, fazer oscilar, chacoalhar |
Where the eye mixes treme and tremer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. treme runs 5 letters (CCVCV) against tremer's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between treme and tremer
A purely visual mix-up. treme (/ˈtɾe.mi/) and tremer (/tɾɨ.ˈmeɾ/) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “treme” sits inside “tremer”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39259, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
treme is recorded at frequency rank #25,852, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈtɾe.mi/. tremer is at rank #13,407, tagged as averb, pronounced /tɾɨ.ˈmeɾ/.
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 39259, this pair ranks #27,043 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of treme vs tremer
Shared letters: emrt. Private to "treme": -. Private to "tremer": -.
"treme" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "tremer" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "treme" and "tremer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "treme" or "tremer"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "treme" and "tremer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "treme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tremer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #27,043 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "treme" and "tremer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "trema vs treme". 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 #27,043 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.