Which to use
“acho” is a verb and “aipo” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #148
- “acho” frequency rank
- #44,191
- “aipo” frequency rank
- 44339
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acho | aipo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | primeira pessoa do presente do indicativo de achar. | planta herbácea odorífena da família das Umbelíferas cultivada para fins culinários; seu nome científico é Apium graveolens |
Where the eye mixes acho and aipo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses acho with aipo
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: acho is /ˈa.ʃo/ while aipo is /ˈaj.pu/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44339, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
acho is recorded at frequency rank #148, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈa.ʃo/. aipo is at rank #44,191, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈaj.pu/.
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 44339, this pair ranks #21,157 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of acho vs aipo
Shared letters: ao. Private to "acho": ch. Private to "aipo": ip.
"acho" · 4 letters · shape VCCV · "aipo" · 4 letters · shape VVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "acho" for "aipo" ever safe?
Frequency check: "acho" vs "aipo" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "acho" and "aipo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "acho" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aipo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #21,157 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acho" and "aipo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aipo vs apo". 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 #21,157 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.