Which to use
“aberto” is an adjective and “adepto” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,300
- “aberto” frequency rank
- #22,853
- “adepto” frequency rank
- 24153
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aberto | adepto |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | não fechado ou barrado | partidário |
Letter map: aberto vs adepto
Shared letters muted; letters that set aberto and adepto apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. aberto and adepto 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 adepto
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: aberto is anadjective and adeptoanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24153, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aberto is recorded at frequency rank #1,300, classified as anadj. adepto is at rank #22,853, tagged as anoun.
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 24153, this pair ranks #45,536 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of aberto vs adepto
Shared letters: aeot. Private to "aberto": br. Private to "adepto": dp.
"aberto" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "adepto" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "aberto" and "adepto" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "aberto" vs "adepto" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "aberto" vs "adepto" 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 "adepto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #45,536 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aberto" and "adepto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adentro vs adepto". 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 #45,536 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.