Which to use
“aliar” and “alistar” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,190
- “aliar” frequency rank
- #29,214
- “alistar” frequency rank
- 49404
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aliar | alistar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | fazer ligação de | pôr em lista |
Where the eye mixes aliar and alistar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. aliar runs 5 letters (VCVVC) against alistar's 7 (VCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between aliar and alistar
A purely visual mix-up. aliar (/ɐ.ˈljaɾ/) and alistar (/ɐ.liʃ.ˈtaɾ/) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49404, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aliar is recorded at frequency rank #20,190, classified as averb, pronounced /ɐ.ˈljaɾ/. alistar is at rank #29,214, tagged as averb, pronounced /ɐ.liʃ.ˈtaɾ/.
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 49404, this pair ranks #15,601 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of aliar vs alistar
Shared letters: ailr. Private to "aliar": -. Private to "alistar": st.
"aliar" · 5 letters · shape VCVVC · "alistar" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "aliar" and "alistar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "aliar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "alistar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #15,601 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aliar" and "alistar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alastrar vs alistar". 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 #15,601 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.