achvsachoWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: ach is a intj, acho is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“ach” is an intj and “acho” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#48,212
“ach” frequency rank
#148
“acho” frequency rank
48360
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ach acho
Definition oh primeira pessoa do presente do indicativo de achar.

Letter map: ach vs acho

Shared letters muted; letters that set ach and acho apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

3 ch
ach
4 ch
acho

Role in the sentence - ach and acho

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ach is anintj and achoaverb. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “ach” sits inside “acho”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48360, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ach is recorded at frequency rank #48,212, classified as anintj. acho is at rank #148, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈa.ʃo/.

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 48360, this pair ranks #16,819 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of ach vs acho

Shared letters: ach. Private to "ach": -. Private to "acho": o.

"ach" · 3 letters · shape VCC  ·  "acho" · 4 letters · shape VCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • achoaccho · achho · acoh · ahco · caho

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ach" and "acho" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ach" is an intj and "acho" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "ach" vs "acho" - which ranks higher?
"acho" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #148 in our Portuguese list, against #48,212 for "ach". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "ach" and "acho". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ach" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "acho" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #16,819 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ach" and "acho" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ach 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 #16,819 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