Which to use
“age” is a verb and “alce” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,692
- “age” frequency rank
- #48,754
- “alce” frequency rank
- 53446
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | age | alce |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | envelhecer | mamífero artiodáctilo da família dos cervídeos (Alces alces), que ocorre nas regiões frias ao norte do hemisfério norte; de pelagem escura, ponta do focinho larga e arqueada e grande galhada espalmada, com numerosas pontas, presente somente nos machos [É o maior dos cervídeos, alcançando até 3 m de comprimento.] |
Letter map: age vs alce
Shared letters muted; letters that set age and alce apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Role in the sentence - age and alce
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: age is averb and alceanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53446, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
age is recorded at frequency rank #4,692, classified as averb. alce is at rank #48,754, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈaɫ.sɨ/.
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 53446, this pair ranks #12,012 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of age vs alce
Shared letters: ae. Private to "age": g. Private to "alce": cl.
"age" · 3 letters · shape VCV · "alce" · 4 letters · shape VCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- alce ← alcce · alec · allce · lace
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "age" for "alce" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "age" or "alce" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "age" and "alce".
- Full dictionary entry for "age" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "alce" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #12,012 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "age" and "alce" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acs vs alce". 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 #12,012 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.