Which to use
“age” is a verb and “até” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,692
- “age” frequency rank
- #55
- “até” frequency rank
- 4747
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | age | até |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | envelhecer | também, inclusive |
Letter map: age vs até
Shared letters muted; letters that set age and até apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Part-of-speech tell for age / até
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: age is averb and atéanadverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4747, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
age is recorded at frequency rank #4,692, classified as averb. até is at rank #55, tagged as anadv, pronounced /ɐ.ˈtɛ/.
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 4747, this pair ranks #70,055 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of age vs até
Shared letters: a. Private to "age": eg. Private to "até": té.
"age" · 3 letters · shape VCV · "até" · 3 letters · shape VCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "age" and "até" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "age" vs "até" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "age" vs "até" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "age" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "até" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #70,055 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "age" and "até" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acs vs age". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #70,055 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.