Which to use
“abalo” is a noun and “alô” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,870
- “abalo” frequency rank
- #4,874
- “alô” frequency rank
- 30744
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | abalo | alô |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de abalar | lá, alá, podendo indicar um lugar, um tempo, mais afastado que lá |
Letter map: abalo vs alô
Shared letters muted; letters that set abalo and alô apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. abalo runs 5 letters (VCVCV) against alô's 3 (VCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for abalo / alô
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: abalo is anoun and alôanadverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30744, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
abalo is recorded at frequency rank #25,870, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.ˈba.lu/. alô is at rank #4,874, tagged as anadv.
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 30744, this pair ranks #37,526 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of abalo vs alô
Shared letters: al. Private to "abalo": bo. Private to "alô": ô.
"abalo" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "alô" · 3 letters · shape VCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- abalo ← aablo · aballo · abaol · abbalo · ablao · baalo
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "abalo" and "alô" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "abalo" or "alô" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "abalo" and "alô".
- Full dictionary entry for "abalo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "alô" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #37,526 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "abalo" and "alô" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abalo vs alado". 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 #37,526 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.