Which to use
“alone” is an adjective and “aluno” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,577
- “alone” frequency rank
- #4,036
- “aluno” frequency rank
- 15613
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alone | aluno |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | sozinho | pessoa que está aprendendo |
Letter map: alone vs aluno
Shared letters muted; letters that set alone and aluno apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for alone / aluno
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: alone is anadjective and alunoanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15613, 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/. aluno is at rank #4,036, tagged as anoun.
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 15613, this pair ranks #56,160 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of alone vs aluno
Shared letters: alno. Private to "alone": e. Private to "aluno": u.
"alone" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "aluno" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "alone" and "aluno" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "alone" vs "aluno" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "alone" and "aluno".
- Full dictionary entry for "alone" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aluno" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #56,160 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "alone" and "aluno" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alce vs alone". 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 #56,160 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.