águasvsatlasTell them apart

Which to use

“águas” and “atlas” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#2,077
“águas” frequency rank
#6,982
“atlas” frequency rank
9059
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature águas atlas
Definition marés publicação constituída por uma coleção de mapas ou de cartas geográficas

Letter map: águas vs atlas

Shared letters muted; letters that set águas and atlas apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

5 ch
águas
5 ch
atlas

Spelling & dictionary notes on águas vs atlas

águas and atlas 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9059, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

águas is recorded at frequency rank #2,077, classified as anoun. atlas is at rank #6,982, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈa.tlɐʃ/.

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 9059, this pair ranks #64,500 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of águas vs atlas

Shared letters: as. Private to "águas": guá. Private to "atlas": lt.

"águas" · 5 letters · shape VCVVC  ·  "atlas" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • atlasaltas · atals · atlass · atllas · atlsa · attlas · talas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "águas" and "atlas" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "águas" vs "atlas" - which ranks higher?
"águas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,077 in our Portuguese list, against #6,982 for "atlas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "águas" and "atlas".

  • Full dictionary entry for "águas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "atlas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #64,500 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "águas" and "atlas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alles vs atlas". 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 #64,500 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list