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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "acorde" and "Acre" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "acorde" or "Acre"?
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.