Which to use
“alta” is an adjective and “att” is a conjunction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #818
- “alta” frequency rank
- #17,701
- “att” frequency rank
- 18519
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alta | att |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | alto, elevado | que: |
Letter map: alta vs att
Shared letters muted; letters that set alta and att apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for alta / att
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: alta is anadjective and attaconjunction. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18519, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
alta is recorded at frequency rank #818, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈal.ta/.. att is at rank #17,701, tagged as aconj.
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 18519, this pair ranks #52,459 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of alta vs att
Shared letters: at. Private to "alta": l. Private to "att": -.
"alta" · 4 letters · shape VCCV · "att" · 3 letters · shape VCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- alta ← alat · allta · altta · atla
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "alta" and "att" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "alta" vs "att" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "alta" and "att".
- Full dictionary entry for "alta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "att" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #52,459 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "alta" and "att" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acs vs att". 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 #52,459 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.