Which to use
“alô” is an adverb and “auto” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,874
- “alô” frequency rank
- #1,421
- “auto” frequency rank
- 6295
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alô | auto |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | lá, alá, podendo indicar um lugar, um tempo, mais afastado que lá | solenidade; ação pública |
Letter map: alô vs auto
Shared letters muted; letters that set alô and auto apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Part-of-speech tell for alô / auto
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: alô is anadverb and autoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6295, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
alô is recorded at frequency rank #4,874, classified as anadv. auto is at rank #1,421, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈaw.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 6295, this pair ranks #68,161 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of alô vs auto
Shared letters: a. Private to "alô": lô. Private to "auto": otu.
"alô" · 3 letters · shape VCV · "auto" · 4 letters · shape VVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- auto ← atuo · auot · autto · uato
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "alô" and "auto" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "alô" or "auto"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "alô" and "auto".
- Full dictionary entry for "alô" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "auto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #68,161 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "alô" and "auto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acs vs alô". 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 #68,161 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.