abertovsacertoWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#1,300
“aberto” frequency rank
#9,134
“acerto” frequency rank
10434
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aberto acerto
Definition não fechado ou barrado ato ou efeito de fazer certo ou realizar corretamente

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set aberto and acerto apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch
aberto
6 ch
acerto

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: aberto is anadjective and acertoanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - b in “aberto” becomes c in “acerto”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10434, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aberto is recorded at frequency rank #1,300, classified as anadj. acerto is at rank #9,134, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.ˈseɾ.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 10434, this pair ranks #62,674 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of aberto vs acerto

Shared letters: aeort. Private to "aberto": b. Private to "acerto": c.

"aberto" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV  ·  "acerto" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • abertoabberto · aberot · aberrto · abertto · abetro · abreto · aebrto · baerto
  • acertoaccerto · acerot · acerrto · acertto · acetro · acreto · aecrto · caerto

Frequency comparison

aberto#1,300
acerto#9,134

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "aberto" and "acerto" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "aberto" is an adjective and "acerto" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "aberto" or "acerto"?
"aberto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,300 in our Portuguese list, against #9,134 for "acerto". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering aberto vs acerto

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 “acerto”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “aberto” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list