Which to use
“aberto” is an adjective and “acerta” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,300
- “aberto” frequency rank
- #12,590
- “acerta” frequency rank
- 13890
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aberto | acerta |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | não fechado ou barrado | terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo acertar |
Letter map: aberto vs acerta
Shared letters muted; letters that set aberto and acerta apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. aberto and acerta 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 acerta
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: aberto is anadjective and acertaaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13890, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aberto is recorded at frequency rank #1,300, classified as anadj. acerta is at rank #12,590, tagged as averb, pronounced /ɐ.ˈsɛɹ.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 13890, this pair ranks #58,328 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of aberto vs acerta
Shared letters: aert. Private to "aberto": bo. Private to "acerta": c.
"aberto" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "acerta" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "aberto" and "acerta" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "aberto" or "acerta" show up more?
After this comparison
Pair "aberto" vs "acerta" 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 "acerta" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #58,328 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aberto" and "acerta" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acerta vs aorta". 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 #58,328 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.