Which to use
“tufão” is a noun and “turvo” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,166
- “tufão” frequency rank
- #40,828
- “turvo” frequency rank
- 57994
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tufão | turvo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ciclone tropical que atinge o oriente, ocorrendo principalmente nos mares da China | toldado |
Where the eye mixes tufão and turvo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. tufão (CVCVV) and turvo (CVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between tufão and turvo
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: tufão is /tu.ˈfɐ̃w̃/ while turvo is /ˈtuɾ.vu/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57994, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tufão is recorded at frequency rank #17,166, classified as anoun, pronounced /tu.ˈfɐ̃w̃/. turvo is at rank #40,828, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈtuɾ.vu/.
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 57994, this pair ranks #8,995 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tufão vs turvo
Shared letters: otu. Private to "tufão": fã. Private to "turvo": rv.
"tufão" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "turvo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- turvo ← truvo · tturvo · turov · turrvo · turvvo · tuvro · utrvo
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "tufão" and "turvo" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "tufão" or "turvo" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "tufão" and "turvo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "tufão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "turvo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #8,995 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tufão" and "turvo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tufo vs turvo". 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 #8,995 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.