Which to use
“agudo” and “ávido” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,686
- “agudo” frequency rank
- #31,211
- “ávido” frequency rank
- 48897
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | agudo | ávido |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | afiado, aguçado | que quer ardentemente |
Where the eye mixes agudo and ávido
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. agudo and ávido follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses agudo with ávido
A purely visual mix-up. agudo (/ɜˈgudu/) and ávido (/ˈa.vi.du/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48897, 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/. ávido is at rank #31,211, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈa.vi.du/.
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 48897, this pair ranks #16,221 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of agudo vs ávido
Shared letters: do. Private to "agudo": agu. Private to "ávido": ivá.
"agudo" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "ávido" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- agudo ← agduo · aggudo · aguddo · aguod · augdo · gaudo
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "agudo" and "ávido" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "agudo" or "ávido"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "agudo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ávido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #16,221 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "agudo" and "ávido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alado vs ávido". 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 #16,221 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.