alcancevsaliançaWhat's the difference?

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

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set alcance and aliança apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch
alcance
7 ch
aliança

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

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": .

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • alcanceaclance · alacnce · alcacne · alcancce · alcanec · alcannce · alccance · alcnace

Frequency comparison

alcance#2,608
aliança#2,816

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

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.
Which is more common, "alcance" or "aliança"?
"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.

Remembering alcance vs aliança

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “alcance” entry
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list