Which to use
“águas” and “águia” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,077
- “águas” frequency rank
- #8,843
- “águia” frequency rank
- 10920
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | águas | águia |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | marés | ave de rapina, diurna, de grande porte |
Letter map: águas vs águia
Shared letters muted; letters that set águas and águia apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Pair insight - águas / águia
águas and águia are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10920, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
águas is recorded at frequency rank #2,077, classified as anoun. águia is at rank #8,843, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈa.ɡjɐ/.
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 10920, this pair ranks #62,047 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of águas vs águia
Shared letters: aguá. Private to "águas": s. Private to "águia": i.
"águas" · 5 letters · shape VCVVC · "águia" · 5 letters · shape VCVVV
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "águas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "águia" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #62,047 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "águas" and "águia" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "águia vs ateia". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #62,047 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.