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

#26,616
“Allah” frequency rank
#1,186
“aula” frequency rank
27802
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Allah aula
Definition Alá sala em que se leciona

Where the eye mixes Allah and aula

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
Allah
4 ch
aula

Look-alike desk: Allah vs aula

A purely visual mix-up. Allah (/aˈlaː/ ouvir^(fonte ?)) and aula (/ˈaułɜ/) 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 27802, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Allah is recorded at frequency rank #26,616, classified as anoun, pronounced /aˈlaː/ ouvir^(fonte ?). aula is at rank #1,186, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈaułɜ/.

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 27802, this pair ranks #41,123 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Allah vs aula

Shared letters: al. Private to "Allah": h. Private to "aula": u.

"Allah" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC  ·  "aula" · 4 letters · shape VVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Allahalah · alalh · allahh · allha · lalah
  • aulaalua · aual · aulla · uala

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Allah" for "aula" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/aˈlaː/ ouvir^(fonte ?) versus /ˈaułɜ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "Allah" or "aula" show up more?
"aula" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,186 in our Portuguese list, against #26,616 for "Allah". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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  • Full dictionary entry for "Allah" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aula" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #41,123 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Allah" and "aula" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Allah 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 #41,123 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