Which to use
“acesso” and “adesão” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #486
- “acesso” frequency rank
- #6,364
- “adesão” frequency rank
- 6850
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acesso | adesão |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | entrada (de), passagem (para) | ato, processo ou efeito de aderir |
Where the eye mixes acesso and adesão
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. acesso (VCVCCV) and adesão (VCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses acesso with adesão
A purely visual mix-up. acesso (/ɐ.ˈsɛ.su/) and adesão (/ɐ.dɨ.ˈzɐ̃w̃/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6850, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
acesso is recorded at frequency rank #486, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.ˈsɛ.su/. adesão is at rank #6,364, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.dɨ.ˈzɐ̃w̃/.
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 6850, this pair ranks #67,465 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of acesso vs adesão
Shared letters: aeos. Private to "acesso": c. Private to "adesão": dã.
"acesso" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "adesão" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- acesso ← accesso · acesos · acseso · aecsso · caesso
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "acesso" and "adesão" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "acesso" or "adesão" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "acesso" and "adesão" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "acesso" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "adesão" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #67,465 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acesso" and "adesão" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aceno vs acesso". 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 #67,465 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.