agente vs assente, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“agente” is a noun and “assente” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,834
“agente” frequency rank: #22,871
“assente” frequency rank: 24705
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	agente	assente
Definition	o que age	assentado

Letter map: agente vs assente

Shared letters muted; letters that set agente and assente apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. agente runs 6 letters (VCVCCV) against assente's 7 (VCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch

agente

7 ch

assente

Role in the sentence - agente and assente

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: agente is anoun and assenteanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24705, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

agente is recorded at frequency rank #1,834, classified as anoun. assente is at rank #22,871, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ɐ.ˈsẽ.tɨ/.

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 24705, this pair ranks #44,837 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of agente vs assente

Shared letters: aent. Private to "agente": g. Private to "assente": s.

"agente" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "assente" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

agente ← aegnte · agenet · agennte · agentte · agetne · aggente · agnete · gaente
assente ← asente · asesnte · assenet · assennte · assentte · assetne · assnete · sasente

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "agente" and "assente" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "agente" is a noun and "assente" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "agente" vs "assente" - which ranks higher?

"agente" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,834 in our Portuguese list, against #22,871 for "assente". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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Full dictionary entry for "agente" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "assente" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #44,837 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"agente" and "assente" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "assentar vs assente". 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 #44,837 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.