acesovsazedoTell them apart

Which to use

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

#23,544
“aceso” frequency rank
#24,532
“azedo” frequency rank
48076
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aceso azedo
Definition que se acendeu que tem um sabor ácido, que lembra o vinagre, limão, etc

Letter map: aceso vs azedo

Shared letters muted; letters that set aceso and azedo apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. aceso and azedo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
aceso
5 ch
azedo

Pair insight - aceso / azedo

aceso and azedo 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 48076, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aceso is recorded at frequency rank #23,544, classified as anadj, pronounced /ɐ.ˈse.zu/. azedo is at rank #24,532, 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 48076, this pair ranks #17,132 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of aceso vs azedo

Shared letters: aeo. Private to "aceso": cs. Private to "azedo": dz.

"aceso" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "azedo" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aceso ← acceso · aceos · acseo · aecso · caeso
  • azedo ← aezdo · azdeo · azeddo · azeod · azzedo · zaedo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "aceso" for "azedo" ever safe?
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.
Frequency check: "aceso" vs "azedo" - which ranks higher?
"aceso" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,544 in our Portuguese list, against #24,532 for "azedo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "aceso" vs "azedo" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "aceso" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "azedo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #17,132 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aceso" and "azedo" 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 #17,132 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