Which to use
“águas” is a noun and “atual” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,077
- “águas” frequency rank
- #694
- “atual” frequency rank
- 2771
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | águas | atual |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | marés | que está em atuação |
Letter map: águas vs atual
Shared letters muted; letters that set águas and atual apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Role in the sentence - águas and atual
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: águas is anoun and atualanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2771, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
águas is recorded at frequency rank #2,077, classified as anoun. atual is at rank #694, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ɐ.ˈtwaɫ/.
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 2771, this pair ranks #72,503 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of águas vs atual
Shared letters: au. Private to "águas": gsá. Private to "atual": lt.
"águas" · 5 letters · shape VCVVC · "atual" · 5 letters · shape VCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- atual ← ataul · attual · atuall · atula · autal · taual
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "águas" for "atual" ever safe?
Frequency check: "águas" vs "atual" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "águas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "atual" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #72,503 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "águas" and "atual" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "atar vs atual". 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 #72,503 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.