AdlervsaterTell them apart

Quick tell: Adler is a noun, ater is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Adler” is a noun and “ater” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#28,427
“Adler” frequency rank
#39,000
“ater” frequency rank
67427
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Adler ater
Definition águia não permitir que tenha seguimento; impedir que prossiga

Letter map: Adler vs ater

Shared letters muted; letters that set Adler and ater apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Adler runs 5 letters (VCCVC) against ater's 4 (VCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
Adler
4 ch
ater

Role in the sentence - Adler and ater

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Adler is anoun and ateraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67427, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Adler is recorded at frequency rank #28,427, classified as anoun, pronounced /'aːdlɐ/ ouvir^(fonte ?). ater is at rank #39,000, tagged as averb.

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 67427, this pair ranks #4,622 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Adler vs ater

Shared letters: aer. Private to "Adler": dl. Private to "ater": t.

"Adler" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC  ·  "ater" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Adler ← addler · adelr · adlerr · adller · adlre · alder · daler
  • ater ← aetr · aterr · atter

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Adler" and "ater" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Adler" is a noun and "ater" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Adler" or "ater"?
"Adler" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,427 in our Portuguese list, against #39,000 for "ater". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "Adler" vs "ater" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Adler" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ater" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #4,622 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Adler" and "ater" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "atar vs ater". 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 #4,622 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