Which to use
“agudo” is an adjective and “apud” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,686
- “agudo” frequency rank
- #40,428
- “apud” frequency rank
- 58114
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agudo | apud |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | afiado, aguçado | palavra latina usada para citações indiretas (citar documentos que não foram obtidos diretamente, mas por meio de outras obras) |
Letter map: agudo vs apud
Shared letters muted; letters that set agudo and apud apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. agudo runs 5 letters (VCVCV) against apud's 4 (VCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - agudo and apud
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: agudo is anadjective and apudapreposition. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58114, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
agudo is recorded at frequency rank #17,686, classified as anadj, pronounced /ɜˈgudu/. apud is at rank #40,428, tagged as aprep.
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 58114, this pair ranks #8,939 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of agudo vs apud
Shared letters: adu. Private to "agudo": go. Private to "apud": p.
"agudo" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "apud" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "agudo" for "apud" ever safe?
Frequency check: "agudo" vs "apud" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "agudo" vs "apud" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "agudo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "apud" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #8,939 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agudo" and "apud" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apo vs apud". 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 #8,939 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.