Which to use
“agudo” is an adjective and “audio” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,686
- “agudo” frequency rank
- #10,138
- “audio” frequency rank
- 27824
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agudo | audio |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | afiado, aguçado | ouvir, escutar. |
Where the eye mixes agudo and audio
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. agudo (VCVCV) and audio (VVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses agudo with audio
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: agudo is /ɜˈgudu/ while audio is /ˈau.di.oː/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27824, 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/. audio is at rank #10,138, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈau.di.oː/.
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 27824, this pair ranks #41,099 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of agudo vs audio
Shared letters: adou. Private to "agudo": g. Private to "audio": i.
"agudo" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "audio" · 5 letters · shape VVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "agudo" and "audio" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "agudo" or "audio" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "agudo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "audio" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #41,099 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agudo" and "audio" 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 #41,099 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.