Which to use
“acolá” and “afora” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,567
- “acolá” frequency rank
- #13,208
- “afora” frequency rank
- 42775
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acolá | afora |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | em lugar afastado ( de quem fala e da pessoa com quem se fala) | exteriormente |
Where the eye mixes acolá and afora
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. acolá and afora follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses acolá with afora
A purely visual mix-up. acolá (/ɐ.ku.ˈla/) and afora ([a.ˈfɔ.ɾa]) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42775, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
acolá is recorded at frequency rank #29,567, classified as anadv, pronounced /ɐ.ku.ˈla/. afora is at rank #13,208, tagged as anadv, pronounced [a.ˈfɔ.ɾa].
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 42775, this pair ranks #22,957 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of acolá vs afora
Shared letters: ao. Private to "acolá": clá. Private to "afora": fr.
"acolá" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "afora" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- afora ← affora · afoar · aforra · afroa · aofra · faora
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "acolá" for "afora" ever safe?
Which is more common, "acolá" or "afora"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "acolá" and "afora" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "acolá" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "afora" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #22,957 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acolá" and "afora" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acolá vs ampola". 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 #22,957 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.