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“alude” and “Auge” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#37,180
“alude” frequency rank
#7,866
“Auge” frequency rank
45046
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature alude Auge
Definition o mesmo que avalancha olho

Where the eye mixes alude and Auge

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. alude runs 5 letters (VCVCV) against Auge's 4 (VVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
alude
4 ch
Auge

Look-alike desk: alude vs Auge

A purely visual mix-up. alude (/ɐ.ˈlu.dɨ/) and Auge (/ˈaʊ̯gə/])]] ouvir^(fonte ?) ouvir^(fonte ?)) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45046, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

alude is recorded at frequency rank #37,180, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.ˈlu.dɨ/. Auge is at rank #7,866, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈaʊ̯gə/])]] ouvir^(fonte ?) ouvir^(fonte ?).

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 45046, this pair ranks #20,383 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of alude vs Auge

Shared letters: aeu. Private to "alude": dl. Private to "Auge": g.

"alude" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "Auge" · 4 letters · shape VVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • alude ← aldue · allude · aludde · alued · aulde · laude
  • Auge ← ague · aueg · augge · uage

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "alude" for "Auge" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/ɐ.ˈlu.dɨ/ versus /ˈaʊ̯gə/])]] ouvir^(fonte ?) ouvir^(fonte ?)) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "alude" or "Auge"?
"Auge" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,866 in our Portuguese list, against #37,180 for "alude". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "alude" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Auge" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #20,383 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "alude" and "Auge" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alce vs alude". 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 #20,383 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list