AlejandrovsAlexandreConfusable pair

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

#10,120
“Alejandro” frequency rank
#2,609
“Alexandre” frequency rank
12729
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Alejandro Alexandre
Definition Alexandre, Alessandro, Alexandro prenome masculino

Where the eye mixes Alejandro and Alexandre

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

9 ch
Alejandro
9 ch
Alexandre

Visual trap between Alejandro and Alexandre

A purely visual mix-up. Alejandro (/a.leˈxan.dɾo/.) and Alexandre (/ɐleˈʃɐ̃dɾi/) 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 12729, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Alejandro is recorded at frequency rank #10,120, classified as anoun, pronounced /a.leˈxan.dɾo/.. Alexandre is at rank #2,609, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɐleˈʃɐ̃dɾi/.

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 12729, this pair ranks #59,779 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Alejandro vs Alexandre

Shared letters: adelnr. Private to "Alejandro": jo. Private to "Alexandre": x.

"Alejandro" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCCCV  ·  "Alexandre" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Alejandroaeljandro · aleajndro · alejadnro · alejanddro · alejandor · alejandrro · alejanndro · alejanrdo
  • Alexandreaelxandre · aleaxndre · alexadnre · alexanddre · alexandrre · alexanndre · alexanrde · alexnadre

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Alejandro" and "Alexandre" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/a.leˈxan.dɾo/. versus /ɐleˈʃɐ̃dɾi/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Alejandro" vs "Alexandre" - which ranks higher?
"Alexandre" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,609 in our Portuguese list, against #10,120 for "Alejandro". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Alejandro" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Alexandre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #59,779 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Alejandro" and "Alexandre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Alejandro vs Alessandro". 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 #59,779 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