acedervsaçudeWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: aceder is a verb, açude is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“aceder” is a verb and “açude” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#10,991
“aceder” frequency rank
#16,686
“açude” frequency rank
27677
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aceder açude
Definition (prep. a) não se manifestar contra; estar de acordo com; aderir, anuir, aquiescer, assentir, concordar construção destinada a represar as águas de um rio

Letter map: aceder vs açude

Shared letters muted; letters that set aceder and açude apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

6 ch
aceder
5 ch
açude

Part-of-speech tell for aceder / açude

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: aceder is averb and açudeanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27677, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aceder is recorded at frequency rank #10,991, classified as averb. açude is at rank #16,686, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.ˈsu.dɨ/.

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 27677, this pair ranks #41,271 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of aceder vs açude

Shared letters: ade. Private to "aceder": cr. Private to "açude": .

"aceder" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC  ·  "açude" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acederacceder · acdeer · acedder · acederr · acedre · aceedr · aecder · caeder

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "aceder" and "açude" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "aceder" is a verb and "açude" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "aceder" or "açude" show up more?
"aceder" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,991 in our Portuguese list, against #16,686 for "açude". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "aceder" vs "açude" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "aceder" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "açude" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #41,271 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aceder" and "açude" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acid vs açude". 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 #41,271 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list