Which to use
“abelha” and “aberta” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,298
- “abelha” frequency rank
- #1,694
- “aberta” frequency rank
- 11992
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | abelha | aberta |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | designação genérica e vulgar de diversos insetos himenópteros da super-família Apoidea | fenda |
Where the eye mixes abelha and aberta
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses abelha with aberta
A purely visual mix-up. abelha (/ɐ.ˈbɐj.ʎɐ/) and aberta (/ɐ.ˈbɛɾ.tɐ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11992, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
abelha is recorded at frequency rank #10,298, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.ˈbɐj.ʎɐ/. aberta is at rank #1,694, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.ˈbɛɾ.tɐ/.
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 11992, this pair ranks #60,720 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of abelha vs aberta
Shared letters: abe. Private to "abelha": hl. Private to "aberta": rt.
"abelha" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "aberta" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "abelha" and "aberta" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "abelha" or "aberta" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "abelha" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aberta" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #60,720 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "abelha" and "aberta" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "abelha vs azenha". 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 #60,720 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.