Which to use
“aberto” is an adjective and “aperto” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,300
- “aberto” frequency rank
- #10,129
- “aperto” frequency rank
- 11429
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aberto | aperto |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | não fechado ou barrado | ato de apertar |
Letter map: aberto vs aperto
Shared letters muted; letters that set aberto and aperto apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. aberto and aperto follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for aberto / aperto
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: aberto is anadjective and apertoanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - b in “aberto” becomes p in “aperto”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11429, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aberto is recorded at frequency rank #1,300, classified as anadj. aperto is at rank #10,129, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.ˈpeɾ.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 11429, this pair ranks #61,410 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of aberto vs aperto
Shared letters: aeort. Private to "aberto": b. Private to "aperto": p.
"aberto" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "aperto" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "aberto" for "aperto" ever safe?
Which is more common, "aberto" or "aperto"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "aberto" and "aperto".
- Full dictionary entry for "aberto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aperto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #61,410 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aberto" and "aperto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aperto vs aporte". 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 #61,410 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.