Which to use
“aipo” is a noun and “alô” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,191
- “aipo” frequency rank
- #4,874
- “alô” frequency rank
- 49065
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aipo | alô |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | planta herbácea odorífena da família das Umbelíferas cultivada para fins culinários; seu nome científico é Apium graveolens | lá, alá, podendo indicar um lugar, um tempo, mais afastado que lá |
Letter map: aipo vs alô
Shared letters muted; letters that set aipo and alô apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. aipo runs 4 letters (VVCV) against alô's 3 (VCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for aipo / alô
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: aipo is anoun and alôanadverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49065, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aipo is recorded at frequency rank #44,191, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈaj.pu/. alô is at rank #4,874, tagged as anadv.
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 49065, this pair ranks #16,013 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of aipo vs alô
Shared letters: a. Private to "aipo": iop. Private to "alô": lô.
"aipo" · 4 letters · shape VVCV · "alô" · 3 letters · shape VCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- aipo ← aiop · aippo · apio · iapo
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "aipo" and "alô" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "aipo" or "alô" show up more?
After this comparison
Pair "aipo" vs "alô" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "aipo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "alô" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #16,013 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aipo" and "alô" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aipo vs apo". 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 #16,013 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.