Which to use
“ágil” is an adjective and “anis” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,177
- “ágil” frequency rank
- #44,203
- “anis” frequency rank
- 61380
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ágil | anis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ligeiro, pronto, veloz | planta (Pimpinella anisum) herbácea da família das umbelíferas com aplicações em farmácia, na culinária e na preparação de algumas bebidas alcoólicas |
Where the eye mixes ágil and anis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence. ágil and anis follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: ágil vs anis
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ágil is /ˈa.ʒiɫ/ while anis is /ɐ.ˈniʃ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61380, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ágil is recorded at frequency rank #17,177, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈa.ʒiɫ/. anis is at rank #44,203, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.ˈniʃ/.
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 61380, this pair ranks #7,167 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ágil vs anis
Shared letters: i. Private to "ágil": glá. Private to "anis": ans.
"ágil" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "anis" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- anis ← ains · aniss · annis · ansi · nais
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ágil" and "anis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "ágil" or "anis"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "ágil" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "anis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #7,167 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ágil" and "anis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acs vs anis". 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 #7,167 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.