Which to use
“acaso” is an adverb and “achado” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,759
- “acaso” frequency rank
- #10,114
- “achado” frequency rank
- 12873
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acaso | achado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | casualmente | ato ou efeito de achar |
Letter map: acaso vs achado
Shared letters muted; letters that set acaso and achado apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. acaso runs 5 letters (VCVCV) against achado's 6 (VCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for acaso / achado
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: acaso is anadverb and achadoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12873, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
acaso is recorded at frequency rank #2,759, classified as anadv. achado is at rank #10,114, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.ˈʃa.du/.
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 12873, this pair ranks #59,595 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of acaso vs achado
Shared letters: aco. Private to "acaso": s. Private to "achado": dh.
"acaso" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "achado" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "acaso" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "achado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #59,595 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acaso" and "achado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "achado vs achatado". 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 #59,595 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.