Which to use
“turba” and “turma” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,205
- “turba” frequency rank
- #2,452
- “turma” frequency rank
- 45657
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | turba | turma |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | grande massa de gente | grupo |
Where the eye mixes turba and turma
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. turba and turma follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses turba with turma
A purely visual mix-up. turba (/ˈtuɾ.bɐ/) and turma (/ˈtuɾ.mɐ/) 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 a single letter - b in “turba” becomes m in “turma”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45657, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
turba is recorded at frequency rank #43,205, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈtuɾ.bɐ/. turma is at rank #2,452, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈtuɾ.mɐ/.
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 45657, this pair ranks #19,735 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of turba vs turma
Shared letters: artu. Private to "turba": b. Private to "turma": m.
"turba" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "turma" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "turba" for "turma" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "turba" or "turma" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "turba" and "turma" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "turba" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "turma" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #19,735 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "turba" and "turma" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tuna vs turba". 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 #19,735 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.