Which to use
“acolá” is an adverb and “alla” is a contraction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,567
- “acolá” frequency rank
- #36,313
- “alla” frequency rank
- 65880
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | acolá | alla |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | em lugar afastado ( de quem fala e da pessoa com quem se fala) | na |
Letter map: acolá vs alla
Shared letters muted; letters that set acolá and alla apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. acolá runs 5 letters (VCVCV) against alla's 4 (VCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - acolá and alla
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: acolá is anadverb and allaacontraction. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65880, 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/. alla is at rank #36,313, tagged as acontraction.
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 65880, this pair ranks #5,203 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of acolá vs alla
Shared letters: al. Private to "acolá": coá. Private to "alla": -.
"acolá" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "alla" · 4 letters · shape VCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- alla ← alal · lala
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "acolá" for "alla" ever safe?
Frequency check: "acolá" vs "alla" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "acolá" and "alla". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "acolá" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "alla" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #5,203 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "acolá" and "alla" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alla vs alles". 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 #5,203 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.