Which to use
“alegação” and “apelação” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,382
- “alegação” frequency rank
- #12,372
- “apelação” frequency rank
- 23754
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alegação | apelação |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | arrazoado em favor de uma causa | ato ou efeito de apelar |
Where the eye mixes alegação and apelação
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. alegação and apelação follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between alegação and apelação
A purely visual mix-up. alegação (/ɐ.lɨ.ɡɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) and apelação (/ɐ.pɨ.lɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23754, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
alegação is recorded at frequency rank #11,382, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.lɨ.ɡɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. apelação is at rank #12,372, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.pɨ.lɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
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 23754, this pair ranks #46,017 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of alegação vs apelação
Shared letters: aeloãç. Private to "alegação": g. Private to "apelação": p.
"alegação" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVV · "apelação" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "alegação" and "apelação" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "alegação" vs "apelação" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "alegação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "apelação" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #46,017 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "alegação" and "apelação" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apelação vs aplacar". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #46,017 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.