ale vs app, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#17,419
“ale” frequency rank: #4,695
“app” frequency rank: 22114
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	ale	app
Definition	reflexo da lua na água	aplicativo, aplicação

Letter map: ale vs app

Shared letters muted; letters that set ale and app apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch

ale

3 ch

app

Corpus notes: ale and app

ale and app 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22114, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ale is recorded at frequency rank #17,419, classified as anoun, pronounced /a.ˈle/. app is at rank #4,695, 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 22114, this pair ranks #48,006 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ale vs app

Shared letters: a. Private to "ale": el. Private to "app": p.

"ale" · 3 letters · shape VCV · "app" · 3 letters · shape VCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ale" for "app" ever safe?

No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

Frequency check: "ale" vs "app" - which ranks higher?

"app" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,695 in our Portuguese list, against #17,419 for "ale". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "ale" and "app". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "ale" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "app" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #48,006 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"ale" and "app" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acs vs ale". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #48,006 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.