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Which to use

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

#547
“acha” frequency rank
#39,972
“anja” frequency rank
40519
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acha anja
Definition cavaca ser espiritual manifesto com forma feminina

Letter map: acha vs anja

Shared letters muted; letters that set acha and anja apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
acha
4 ch
anja

Corpus notes: acha and anja

acha and anja 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 40519, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

acha is recorded at frequency rank #547, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈa.ʃɐ/. anja is at rank #39,972, tagged as anoun.

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 40519, this pair ranks #25,574 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of acha vs anja

Shared letters: a. Private to "acha": ch. Private to "anja": jn.

"acha" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "anja" · 4 letters · shape VCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • achaacah · accha · achha · ahca · caha
  • anjaajna · anaj · anjja · annja · naja

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "acha" and "anja" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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: "acha" vs "anja" - which ranks higher?
"acha" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #547 in our Portuguese list, against #39,972 for "anja". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pair "acha" vs "anja" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "acha" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "anja" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #25,574 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acha" and "anja" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "afã vs anja". 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 #25,574 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