alcancevsaliançaConfusable pair

Which to use

“alcance” and “aliança” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#2,608
“alcance” frequency rank
#2,816
“aliança” frequency rank
5424
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature alcance aliança
Definition a distância sobre a qual um objeto pode ser enviado ou arremessado ou pela qual um som pode ser escutado ato ou efeito de aliar

Letter map: alcance vs aliança

Shared letters muted; letters that set alcance and aliança apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. alcance (VCCVCCV) and aliança (VCVVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
alcance
7 ch
aliança

Pair insight - alcance / aliança

alcance and aliança 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5424, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

alcance is recorded at frequency rank #2,608, classified as anoun, pronounced /aɫ.ˈkɐ̃.sɨ/. aliança is at rank #2,816, tagged as anoun.

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 5424, this pair ranks #69,194 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of alcance vs aliança

Shared letters: aln. Private to "alcance": ce. Private to "aliança": iç.

"alcance" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV  ·  "aliança" · 7 letters · shape VCVVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • alcance ← aclance · alacnce · alcacne · alcancce · alcanec · alcannce · alccance · alcnace

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "alcance" and "aliança" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "alcance" vs "aliança" - which ranks higher?
"alcance" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,608 in our Portuguese list, against #2,816 for "aliança". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "alcance" vs "aliança" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "alcance" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aliança" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #69,194 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "alcance" and "aliança" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Albânia vs aliança". 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 #69,194 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list