Which to use
“aberto” is an adjective and “aterro” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,300
- “aberto” frequency rank
- #15,022
- “aterro” frequency rank
- 16322
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aberto | aterro |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | não fechado ou barrado | ação ou efeito de aterrar |
Letter map: aberto vs aterro
Shared letters muted; letters that set aberto and aterro apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. aberto and aterro follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Grammar separator: aberto vs aterro
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: aberto is anadjective and aterroanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16322, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aberto is recorded at frequency rank #1,300, classified as anadj. aterro is at rank #15,022, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.ˈte.Ru/.
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 16322, this pair ranks #55,237 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of aberto vs aterro
Shared letters: aeort. Private to "aberto": b. Private to "aterro": -.
"aberto" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "aterro" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "aberto" and "aterro" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "aberto" or "aterro" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "aberto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aterro" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #55,237 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aberto" and "aterro" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alegro vs aterro". 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 #55,237 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.