Which to use
“alce” is a noun and “alter” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,754
- “alce” frequency rank
- #23,189
- “alter” frequency rank
- 71943
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alce | alter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | mamífero artiodáctilo da família dos cervídeos (Alces alces), que ocorre nas regiões frias ao norte do hemisfério norte; de pelagem escura, ponta do focinho larga e arqueada e grande galhada espalmada, com numerosas pontas, presente somente nos machos [É o maior dos cervídeos, alcançando até 3 m de comprimento.] | outro (dentre dois) |
Letter map: alce vs alter
Shared letters muted; letters that set alce and alter apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for alce / alter
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: alce is anoun and alterapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71943, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
alce is recorded at frequency rank #48,754, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈaɫ.sɨ/. alter is at rank #23,189, tagged as apron.
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 71943, this pair ranks #3,204 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of alce vs alter
Shared letters: ael. Private to "alce": c. Private to "alter": rt.
"alce" · 4 letters · shape VCCV · "alter" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Pair "alce" vs "alter" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "alce" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "alter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #3,204 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "alce" and "alter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acs vs alce". 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 #3,204 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.