Which to use
“água” is a noun and “agudo” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #254
- “água” frequency rank
- #17,686
- “agudo” frequency rank
- 17940
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | água | agudo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | substância (H₂O) líquida e incolor, insípida e inodora, essencial para a vida da maior parte dos organismos vivos e excelente solvente para muitas outras substâncias; óxido de hidrogênio | afiado, aguçado |
Where the eye mixes água and agudo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between água and agudo
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: água is /ˈa.gwɐ/ while agudo is /ɜˈgudu/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17940, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
água is recorded at frequency rank #254, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈa.gwɐ/. agudo is at rank #17,686, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ɜˈgudu/.
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 17940, this pair ranks #53,176 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of água vs agudo
Shared letters: agu. Private to "água": á. Private to "agudo": do.
"água" · 4 letters · shape VCVV · "agudo" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- agudo ← agduo · aggudo · aguddo · aguod · augdo · gaudo
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "água" and "agudo" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "água" or "agudo" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "água" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agudo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #53,176 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "água" and "agudo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agudo vs alado". 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 #53,176 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.