Which to use
“acne” and “alce” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,830
- “acne” frequency rank
- #48,754
- “alce” frequency rank
- 81584
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acne | alce |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | condição que consiste em erupções da pele causadas por inflamações e acúmulo de secreção | mamífero artiodáctilo da família dos cervídeos (Alces alces), que ocorre nas regiões frias ao norte do hemisfério norte; de pelagem escura, ponta do focinho larga e arqueada e grande galhada espalmada, com numerosas pontas, presente somente nos machos [É o maior dos cervídeos, alcançando até 3 m de comprimento.] |
Where the eye mixes acne and alce
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. acne and alce follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses acne with alce
A purely visual mix-up. acne (/ˈak.nɨ/) and alce (/ˈaɫ.sɨ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81584, 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/. alce is at rank #48,754, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈaɫ.sɨ/.
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 81584, this pair ranks #1,145 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of acne vs alce
Shared letters: ace. Private to "acne": n. Private to "alce": l.
"acne" · 4 letters · shape VCCV · "alce" · 4 letters · shape VCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "acne" and "alce" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "acne" or "alce" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "acne" and "alce" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "acne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "alce" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,145 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acne" and "alce" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acs vs alce". 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 #1,145 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.