aia vs até, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“aia” is a noun and “até” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#39,961
“aia” frequency rank: #55
“até” frequency rank: 40016
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	aia	até
Definition	criada para companhia	também, inclusive

Where the eye mixes aia and até

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.

3 ch

aia

3 ch

até

Look-alike desk: aia vs até

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: aia is /ˈaj.ɐ/ while até is /ɐ.ˈtɛ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adverb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40016, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aia is recorded at frequency rank #39,961, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈaj.ɐ/. até is at rank #55, tagged as anadv, pronounced /ɐ.ˈtɛ/.

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 40016, this pair ranks #26,143 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of aia vs até

Shared letters: a. Private to "aia": i. Private to "até": té.

"aia" · 3 letters · shape VVV · "até" · 3 letters · shape VCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "aia" and "até" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "aia" is a noun and "até" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "aia" vs "até" - which ranks higher?

"até" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #55 in our Portuguese list, against #39,961 for "aia". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

Full dictionary entry for "aia" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "até" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #26,143 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"aia" and "até" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acs vs aia". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #26,143 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.