aka
/ˈaː.g̊a/, /ouːg̊/
The verdict
“aka” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #15,975) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #15,975
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dirigir, guiar (um veículo):
Corpus desk
Index PT-aka · aka · Portuguese
aka · rank #15,975 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,975
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH ak
Nearest frequency peer: ak (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “aka”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- ak
ak
84,027 corpus weight
- aka
aka
84,026 corpus weight
- also
also
84,019 corpus weight
- arqueiro
arqueiro
84,016 corpus weight
- astronomia
astronomia
84,010 corpus weight
- bactéria
bactéria
84,005 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “aka” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aka |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈaː.g̊a/, /ouːg̊/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #15,975 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “aka”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for aka is neighbouring look-alikes ("As", "ao", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced /ˈaː.g̊a/, /ouːg̊/. Frequency #15,975 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Gloss: "dirigir, guiar (um veículo):".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for aka, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "As", "ao", "ar", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is aka, spelled A-K-A.
Definition
- 1dirigir, guiar (um veículo):
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how aka appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bílnum var ekið á hraðanum 54 km/klst.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "aka", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).