Which to use
“alargamento” and “alongamento” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,201
- “alargamento” frequency rank
- #26,953
- “alongamento” frequency rank
- 49154
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alargamento | alongamento |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato de alargar | ato ou efeito de alongar |
Letter map: alargamento vs alongamento
Shared letters muted; letters that set alargamento and alongamento apart highlighted. Shared run: 9. alargamento and alongamento follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCCVCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Pair insight - alargamento / alongamento
alargamento and alongamento are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49154, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
alargamento is recorded at frequency rank #22,201, classified as anoun. alongamento is at rank #26,953, tagged as anoun, pronounced /a.lõ.ga.ˈmẽ.tu/.
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 49154, this pair ranks #15,922 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of alargamento vs alongamento
Shared letters: aeglmnot. Private to "alargamento": r. Private to "alongamento": -.
"alargamento" · 11 letters · shape VCVCCVCVCCV · "alongamento" · 11 letters · shape VCVCCVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- alargamento ← aalrgamento · alagramento · alaragmento · alargaemnto · alargamennto · alargamenot · alargamentto · alargametno
- alongamento ← allongamento · alnogamento · alognamento · alonagmento · alongaemnto · alongamennto · alongamenot · alongamentto
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "alargamento" and "alongamento" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "alargamento" or "alongamento" show up more?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "alargamento" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "alongamento" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #15,922 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "alargamento" and "alongamento" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alagamento vs alongamento". 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 #15,922 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.