AAAvsatTell them apart

Quick tell: AAA is a adjective, at is a preposition, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“AAA” is an adjective and “at” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#24,205
“AAA” frequency rank
#1,457
“at” frequency rank
25662
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature AAA at
Definition que é produzido com bastante recurso técnico, apresenta muito refinamento e é considerado categoricamente como de alta e maior qualidade em, a

Letter map: AAA vs at

Shared letters muted; letters that set AAA and at apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
AAA
2 ch
at

Grammar separator: AAA vs at

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: AAA is anadjective and atapreposition. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25662, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

AAA is recorded at frequency rank #24,205, classified as anadj. at is at rank #1,457, tagged as aprep, pronounced \æt\.

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 25662, this pair ranks #43,622 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of AAA vs at

Shared letters: a. Private to "AAA": -. Private to "at": t.

"AAA" · 3 letters · shape VVV  ·  "at" · 2 letters · shape VC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "AAA" for "at" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "AAA" is an adjective and "at" a preposition, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "AAA" vs "at" - which ranks higher?
"at" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,457 in our Portuguese list, against #24,205 for "AAA". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "AAA" and "at".

  • Full dictionary entry for "AAA" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "at" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #43,622 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "AAA" and "at" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "AAA vs acs". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #43,622 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