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 |
Letter map: aberto vs acento
Shared letters muted; letters that set aberto and acento apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. aberto and acento follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - aberto and acento
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "aberto" and "acento" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "aberto" vs "acento" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "aberto" vs "acento" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "aberto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "acento" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #47,345 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aberto" and "acento" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aceno vs acento". 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 #47,345 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.