Which to use
“alce” and “alude” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,754
- “alce” frequency rank
- #37,180
- “alude” frequency rank
- 85934
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alce | alude |
|---|---|---|
| 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.] | o mesmo que avalancha |
Where the eye mixes alce and alude
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. alce runs 4 letters (VCCV) against alude's 5 (VCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: alce vs alude
A purely visual mix-up. alce (/ˈaɫ.sɨ/) and alude (/ɐ.ˈlu.dɨ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85934, 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/. alude is at rank #37,180, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.ˈlu.dɨ/.
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 85934, this pair ranks #640 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of alce vs alude
Shared letters: ael. Private to "alce": c. Private to "alude": du.
"alce" · 4 letters · shape VCCV · "alude" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "alce" and "alude" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "alce" or "alude"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "alce" and "alude" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "alce" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "alude" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #640 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "alce" and "alude" 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 #640 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.