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“acreditar” and “acreditaram” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#1,204
“acreditar” frequency rank
#21,640
“acreditaram” frequency rank
22844
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature acreditar acreditaram
Definition dar crédito a terceira pessoa do plural do pretérito perfeito do indicativo do verbo acreditar;

Where the eye mixes acreditar and acreditaram

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. acreditar runs 9 letters (VCCVCVCVC) against acreditaram's 11 (VCCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
acreditar
11 ch
acreditaram

Look-alike desk: acreditar vs acreditaram

A purely visual mix-up. acreditar (/ɐ.kɾɨ.di.ˈtaɾ/) and acreditaram (/ɐ.kɾe.ʤɪˈta.ɾã/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “acreditar” sits inside “acreditaram”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22844, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

acreditar is recorded at frequency rank #1,204, classified as averb, pronounced /ɐ.kɾɨ.di.ˈtaɾ/. acreditaram is at rank #21,640, tagged as averb, pronounced /ɐ.kɾe.ʤɪˈta.ɾã/.

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 22844, this pair ranks #47,097 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of acreditar vs acreditaram

Shared letters: acdeirt. Private to "acreditar": -. Private to "acreditaram": m.

"acreditar" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCVC  ·  "acreditaram" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • acreditar ← accreditar · acerditar · acrdeitar · acredditar · acrediatr · acreditarr · acreditra · acredittar
  • acreditaram ← accreditaram · acerditaram · acrdeitaram · acredditaram · acrediatram · acreditaarm · acreditaramm · acreditarma

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "acreditar" and "acreditaram" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/ɐ.kɾɨ.di.ˈtaɾ/ versus /ɐ.kɾe.ʤɪˈta.ɾã/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "acreditar" vs "acreditaram" - which ranks higher?
"acreditar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,204 in our Portuguese list, against #21,640 for "acreditaram". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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  • Full dictionary entry for "acreditar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "acreditaram" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #47,097 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "acreditar" and "acreditaram" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aceitar vs acreditar". 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 #47,097 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