Which to use
“altar” is a noun and “ater” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,141
- “altar” frequency rank
- #39,000
- “ater” frequency rank
- 47141
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | altar | ater |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | estrutura elevada perante a qual cerimônias religiosas são realizadas ou na qual sacrifícios podem ser oferecidos aos deuses, ancestrais, etc | não permitir que tenha seguimento; impedir que prossiga |
Letter map: altar vs ater
Shared letters muted; letters that set altar and ater apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. altar runs 5 letters (VCCVC) against ater's 4 (VCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - altar and ater
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: altar is anoun and ateraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47141, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
altar is recorded at frequency rank #8,141, classified as anoun. ater is at rank #39,000, tagged as averb.
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 47141, this pair ranks #18,139 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of altar vs ater
Shared letters: art. Private to "altar": l. Private to "ater": e.
"altar" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "ater" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "altar" and "ater" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "altar" vs "ater" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "altar" and "ater". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "altar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ater" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #18,139 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "altar" and "ater" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "atar vs ater". 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 #18,139 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.