Which to use
“acne” and “açude” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,830
- “acne” frequency rank
- #16,686
- “açude” frequency rank
- 49516
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acne | açude |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | condição que consiste em erupções da pele causadas por inflamações e acúmulo de secreção | construção destinada a represar as águas de um rio |
Where the eye mixes acne and açude
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. acne runs 4 letters (VCCV) against açude's 5 (VCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between acne and açude
A purely visual mix-up. acne (/ˈak.nɨ/) and açude (/ɐ.ˈsu.dɨ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49516, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
acne is recorded at frequency rank #32,830, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈak.nɨ/. açude is at rank #16,686, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.ˈsu.dɨ/.
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 49516, this pair ranks #15,484 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of acne vs açude
Shared letters: ae. Private to "acne": cn. Private to "açude": duç.
"acne" · 4 letters · shape VCCV · "açude" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- acne ← accne · acen · acnne · ance · cane
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "acne" and "açude" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "acne" or "açude" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "acne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "açude" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #15,484 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acne" and "açude" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acne 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 #15,484 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.