Which to use
“alter” is a pronoun and “ante” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,189
- “alter” frequency rank
- #6,501
- “ante” frequency rank
- 29690
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | alter | ante |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | outro (dentre dois) | antes, precedentemente, anteriormente |
Letter map: alter vs ante
Shared letters muted; letters that set alter and ante apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for alter / ante
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: alter is apronoun and anteanadverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29690, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
alter is recorded at frequency rank #23,189, classified as apron. ante is at rank #6,501, tagged as anadv, pronounced /ˈɐ̃.tɨ/.
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 29690, this pair ranks #38,882 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of alter vs ante
Shared letters: aet. Private to "alter": lr. Private to "ante": n.
"alter" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "ante" · 4 letters · shape VCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "alter" for "ante" ever safe?
Frequency check: "alter" vs "ante" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "alter" and "ante".
- Full dictionary entry for "alter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ante" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #38,882 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "alter" and "ante" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alles vs alter". 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 #38,882 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.