aceitovsaflitoWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“aceito” and “aflito” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#3,368
“aceito” frequency rank
#35,851
“aflito” frequency rank
39219
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aceito aflito
Definition acolhido que tem aflição

Letter map: aceito vs aflito

Shared letters muted; letters that set aceito and aflito apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. aceito (VCVVCV) and aflito (VCCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
aceito
6 ch
aflito

Pair insight - aceito / aflito

aceito and aflito are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39219, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aceito is recorded at frequency rank #3,368, classified as anadj, pronounced [a.ˈsej.to]. aflito is at rank #35,851, tagged as anadj.

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 39219, this pair ranks #27,082 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of aceito vs aflito

Shared letters: aiot. Private to "aceito": ce. Private to "aflito": fl.

"aceito" · 6 letters · shape VCVVCV  ·  "aflito" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aceito ← acceito · aceiot · aceitto · acetio · acieto · aecito · caeito
  • aflito ← afflito · afilto · afliot · aflitto · afllito · afltio · alfito · falito

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "aceito" and "aflito" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "aceito" or "aflito" show up more?
"aceito" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,368 in our Portuguese list, against #35,851 for "aflito". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "aceito" vs "aflito" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "aceito" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aflito" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #27,082 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aceito" and "aflito" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aflito vs atrito". 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 #27,082 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