Which to use
“acidez” is a noun and “ácido” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31,622
- “acidez” frequency rank
- #4,441
- “ácido” frequency rank
- 36063
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acidez | ácido |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | propriedade ou característica das coisas ácidas | que possui um sabor azedo, picante, acre, como o do vinagre |
Where the eye mixes acidez and ácido
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. acidez runs 6 letters (VCVCVC) against ácido's 5 (VCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between acidez and ácido
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: acidez is /ɐ.si.ˈdeʃ/ while ácido is /ˈa.si.du/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36063, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
acidez is recorded at frequency rank #31,622, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.si.ˈdeʃ/. ácido is at rank #4,441, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈa.si.du/.
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 36063, this pair ranks #30,835 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of acidez vs ácido
Shared letters: cdi. Private to "acidez": aez. Private to "ácido": oá.
"acidez" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC · "ácido" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- acidez ← accidez · acdiez · aciddez · acidezz · acidze · aciedz · aicdez · caidez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "acidez" for "ácido" ever safe?
Frequency check: "acidez" vs "ácido" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "acidez" and "ácido" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "acidez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ácido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #30,835 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acidez" and "ácido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acid vs acidez". 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 #30,835 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.