Which to use
“agosto” is a noun and “aposto” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #531
- “agosto” frequency rank
- #5,817
- “aposto” frequency rank
- 6348
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agosto | aposto |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | oitavo mês do ano pelo calendário gregoriano, sucedendo julho e antecedendo setembro | encostado |
Where the eye mixes agosto and aposto
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: agosto vs aposto
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: agosto is /a.'goʃ.tu/ while aposto is /ɐ.ˈpoʃ.tu/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - g in “agosto” becomes p in “aposto”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6348, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
agosto is recorded at frequency rank #531, classified as anoun, pronounced /a.'goʃ.tu/. aposto is at rank #5,817, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ɐ.ˈpoʃ.tu/.
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 6348, this pair ranks #68,094 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of agosto vs aposto
Shared letters: aost. Private to "agosto": g. Private to "aposto": p.
"agosto" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "aposto" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "agosto" and "aposto" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "agosto" or "aposto"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "agosto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aposto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #68,094 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agosto" and "aposto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aposento vs aposto". 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 #68,094 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.