Which to use
“alone” is an adjective and “alude” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,577
- “alone” frequency rank
- #37,180
- “alude” frequency rank
- 48757
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alone | alude |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | sozinho | o mesmo que avalancha |
Where the eye mixes alone and alude
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between alone and alude
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: alone is /əˈloʊn/ while alude is /ɐ.ˈlu.dɨ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48757, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
alone is recorded at frequency rank #11,577, classified as anadj, pronounced /əˈloʊn/. alude is at rank #37,180, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.ˈlu.dɨ/.
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 48757, this pair ranks #16,390 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of alone vs alude
Shared letters: ael. Private to "alone": no. Private to "alude": du.
"alone" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "alude" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "alone" for "alude" ever safe?
Which is more common, "alone" or "alude"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "alone" and "alude" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "alone" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "alude" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #16,390 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "alone" and "alude" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alce vs alude". 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 #16,390 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.