aldeiavsAlmeidaWhich spelling fits?

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

#2,300
“aldeia” frequency rank
#2,984
“Almeida” frequency rank
5284
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aldeia Almeida
Definition pequena povoação rústica sem jurisdição própria município e freguesia portugueses do distrito da Guarda

Where the eye mixes aldeia and Almeida

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. aldeia runs 6 letters (VCCVVV) against Almeida's 7 (VCCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
aldeia
7 ch
Almeida

Look-alike desk: aldeia vs Almeida

A purely visual mix-up. aldeia (/aɫ.ˈdɐj.ɐ/) and Almeida (/ɐɫˈmejdɐ/) 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 5284, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aldeia is recorded at frequency rank #2,300, classified as anoun, pronounced /aɫ.ˈdɐj.ɐ/. Almeida is at rank #2,984, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɐɫˈmejdɐ/.

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 5284, this pair ranks #69,364 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of aldeia vs Almeida

Shared letters: adeil. Private to "aldeia": -. Private to "Almeida": m.

"aldeia" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVV  ·  "Almeida" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aldeiaadleia · alddeia · aldeai · aldiea · aledia · alldeia · ladeia
  • Almeidaalemida · allmeida · almedia · almeiad · almeidda · almieda · almmeida · amleida

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "aldeia" and "Almeida" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (/aɫ.ˈdɐj.ɐ/ versus /ɐɫˈmejdɐ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "aldeia" vs "Almeida" - which ranks higher?
"aldeia" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,300 in our Portuguese list, against #2,984 for "Almeida". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "aldeia" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Almeida" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #69,364 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aldeia" and "Almeida" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aldeia vs apneia". 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 #69,364 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