Which to use
“acaso” is an adverb and “aceso” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,759
- “acaso” frequency rank
- #23,544
- “aceso” frequency rank
- 26303
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acaso | aceso |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | casualmente | que se acendeu |
Letter map: acaso vs aceso
Shared letters muted; letters that set acaso and aceso apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. acaso and aceso follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - acaso and aceso
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: acaso is anadverb and acesoanadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “acaso” becomes e in “aceso”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26303, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
acaso is recorded at frequency rank #2,759, classified as anadv. aceso is at rank #23,544, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ɐ.ˈse.zu/.
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 26303, this pair ranks #42,880 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of acaso vs aceso
Shared letters: acos. Private to "acaso": -. Private to "aceso": e.
"acaso" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "aceso" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "acaso" for "aceso" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "acaso" or "aceso" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "acaso" and "aceso".
- Full dictionary entry for "acaso" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aceso" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #42,880 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acaso" and "aceso" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aceso vs acs". 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 #42,880 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.