# acertar vs apertar

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### acertar
*verb · IPA /ɐ.sɨɾ.ˈtaɾ/ · frequency rank #5,590*
pôr acerto em

### apertar
*verb · frequency rank #6,837*
aproximar muito forçando

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/acertar-vs-apertar