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 |
Letter map: aberto vs acerto
Shared letters muted; letters that set aberto and acerto apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. aberto and acerto 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 acerto
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "aberto" and "acerto" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "aberto" vs "acerto" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "aberto" vs "acerto" 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 "acerto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #62,674 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aberto" and "acerto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aceno vs acerto". 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 #62,674 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.