Which to use
“aliar” is a verb and “alla” is a contraction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,190
- “aliar” frequency rank
- #36,313
- “alla” frequency rank
- 56503
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aliar | alla |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | fazer ligação de | na |
Letter map: aliar vs alla
Shared letters muted; letters that set aliar and alla apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. aliar runs 5 letters (VCVVC) against alla's 4 (VCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - aliar and alla
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: aliar is averb and allaacontraction. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56503, 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/. alla is at rank #36,313, tagged as acontraction.
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 56503, this pair ranks #9,923 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of aliar vs alla
Shared letters: al. Private to "aliar": ir. Private to "alla": -.
"aliar" · 5 letters · shape VCVVC · "alla" · 4 letters · shape VCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "aliar" for "alla" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "aliar" or "alla" show up more?
After this comparison
Pair "aliar" vs "alla" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "aliar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "alla" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #9,923 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aliar" and "alla" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alla vs alles". 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 #9,923 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.