acordevsAcreWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: acorde is a adjective, Acre is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“acorde” is an adjective and “Acre” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#11,201
“acorde” frequency rank
#6,136
“Acre” frequency rank
17337
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acorde Acre
Definition que está em harmonia com outro instrumento ou voz estado localizado no sudoeste da Região Norte do Brasil que faz fronteira ao norte com o estado do Amazonas, ao leste com o estado de Rondônia, ao sudeste com a Bolívia e ao sul e ao oeste com o Peru

Where the eye mixes acorde and Acre

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
acorde
4 ch
Acre

Look-alike desk: acorde vs Acre

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: acorde is /ɐ.ˈkɔɾ.dɨ/ while Acre is /ˈa.kɾɪ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17337, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

acorde is recorded at frequency rank #11,201, classified as anadj, pronounced /ɐ.ˈkɔɾ.dɨ/. Acre is at rank #6,136, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈa.kɾɪ/.

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 17337, this pair ranks #53,936 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of acorde vs Acre

Shared letters: acer. Private to "acorde": do. Private to "Acre": -.

"acorde" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV  ·  "Acre" · 4 letters · shape VCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acordeaccorde · acodre · acordde · acored · acorrde · acrode · aocrde · caorde
  • Acreaccre · acer · acrre · arce · care

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "acorde" and "Acre" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "acorde" is an adjective and "Acre" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "acorde" or "Acre"?
"Acre" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,136 in our Portuguese list, against #11,201 for "acorde". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "acorde" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Acre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #53,936 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acorde" and "Acre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acorde vs acordeão". 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 #53,936 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list