Which to use
“altura” and “alvará” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #905
- “altura” frequency rank
- #17,689
- “alvará” frequency rank
- 18594
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | altura | alvará |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | comprimento de um objeto medido da base até o topo | documento emitido por autoridade administrativa ou judiciária que ordena ou permite determinado ato |
Where the eye mixes altura and alvará
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. altura and alvará follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: altura vs alvará
A purely visual mix-up. altura (/aɫ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/) and alvará (/aɫ.vɐ.ˈɾa/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18594, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
altura is recorded at frequency rank #905, classified as anoun, pronounced /aɫ.ˈtu.ɾɐ/. alvará is at rank #17,689, tagged as anoun, pronounced /aɫ.vɐ.ˈɾa/.
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 18594, this pair ranks #52,356 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of altura vs alvará
Shared letters: alr. Private to "altura": tu. Private to "alvará": vá.
"altura" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "alvará" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- altura ← alltura · altrua · alttura · altuar · alturra · alutra · atlura · latura
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "altura" for "alvará" ever safe?
Frequency check: "altura" vs "alvará" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "altura" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "alvará" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #52,356 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "altura" and "alvará" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alçar vs alvará". 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 #52,356 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.