Which to use
“alimento” and “aumento” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,704
- “alimento” frequency rank
- #929
- “aumento” frequency rank
- 6633
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alimento | aumento |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | substância destinada ao consumo de seres vivos heterótrofos, com o fito de prover energia e material para o crescimento | ato ou efeito de aumentar; ampliação |
Where the eye mixes alimento and aumento
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. alimento runs 8 letters (VCVCVCCV) against aumento's 7 (VVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between alimento and aumento
A purely visual mix-up. alimento (/a.li.ˈmẽ.tu/) and aumento (/aw.ˈmẽ.tu/) 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 6633, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
alimento is recorded at frequency rank #5,704, classified as anoun, pronounced /a.li.ˈmẽ.tu/. aumento is at rank #929, tagged as anoun, pronounced /aw.ˈmẽ.tu/.
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 6633, this pair ranks #67,768 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of alimento vs aumento
Shared letters: aemnot. Private to "alimento": il. Private to "aumento": u.
"alimento" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCCV · "aumento" · 7 letters · shape VVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "alimento" and "aumento" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "alimento" or "aumento" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "alimento" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aumento" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #67,768 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "alimento" and "aumento" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ameno vs aumento". 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 #67,768 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.