ale vs As, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#17,419
“ale” frequency rank: #22
“As” frequency rank: 17441
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	ale	As
Definition	reflexo da lua na água	forma obsoleta de Ass

Where the eye mixes ale and As

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.

3 ch

ale

2 ch

Why the eye confuses ale with As

A purely visual mix-up. ale (/a.ˈle/) and As (/as/) 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 17441, 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/. As is at rank #22, tagged as anoun, pronounced /as/.

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 17441, this pair ranks #53,803 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ale vs As

Shared letters: a. Private to "ale": el. Private to "As": s.

"ale" · 3 letters · shape VCV · "As" · 2 letters · shape VC

Frequently Asked Questions

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

No. They are said differently (/a.ˈle/ versus /as/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.

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

"As" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22 in our Portuguese list, against #17,419 for "ale". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

Full dictionary entry for "ale" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "As" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #53,803 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"ale" and "As" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acs vs ale". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #53,803 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.