Which to use
“acessar” and “acusar” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,364
- “acessar” frequency rank
- #10,117
- “acusar” frequency rank
- 14481
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acessar | acusar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | obter informação armazenada | culpar, incriminar |
Where the eye mixes acessar and acusar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between acessar and acusar
A purely visual mix-up. acessar (/a.se.ˈsaɹ/) and acusar (/ɐ.ku.ˈzaɾ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14481, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
acessar is recorded at frequency rank #4,364, classified as averb, pronounced /a.se.ˈsaɹ/. acusar is at rank #10,117, tagged as averb, pronounced /ɐ.ku.ˈzaɾ/.
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 14481, this pair ranks #57,581 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of acessar vs acusar
Shared letters: acrs. Private to "acessar": e. Private to "acusar": u.
"acessar" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC · "acusar" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "acessar" and "acusar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "acessar" or "acusar" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "acessar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "acusar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #57,581 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acessar" and "acusar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acusar vs alisar". 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 #57,581 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.