abertovsacentoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: aberto is a adjective, acento is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

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Which to use

“aberto” is an adjective and “acento” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,300
“aberto” frequency rank
#21,347
“acento” frequency rank
22647
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aberto acento
Definition não fechado ou barrado sinal gráfico que altera o som de vogais

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set aberto and acento apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch
aberto
6 ch
acento

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: aberto is anadjective and acentoanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22647, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aberto is recorded at frequency rank #1,300, classified as anadj. acento is at rank #21,347, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.ˈsẽ.tu/.

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 22647, this pair ranks #47,345 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of aberto vs acento

Shared letters: aeot. Private to "aberto": br. Private to "acento": cn.

"aberto" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV  ·  "acento" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aberto ← abberto · aberot · aberrto · abertto · abetro · abreto · aebrto · baerto
  • acento ← accento · acennto · acenot · acentto · acetno · acneto · aecnto · caento

Frequency comparison

aberto#1,300
acento#21,347

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "aberto" and "acento" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "aberto" is an adjective and "acento" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "aberto" or "acento"?
"aberto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,300 in our Portuguese list, against #21,347 for "acento". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering aberto vs acento

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “aberto”; for a noun, it's “acento”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “aberto” entry
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list