amasvsavalWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#14,766
“amas” frequency rank
#16,685
“aval” frequency rank
31451
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature amas aval
Definition acumulação garantia de pagamento de um determinado título de crédito

Letter map: amas vs aval

Shared letters muted; letters that set amas and aval apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
amas
4 ch
aval

Pair insight - amas / aval

amas and aval are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31451, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

amas is recorded at frequency rank #14,766, classified as anoun. aval is at rank #16,685, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.ˈvaɫ/.

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 31451, this pair ranks #36,625 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of amas vs aval

Shared letters: a. Private to "amas": ms. Private to "aval": lv.

"amas" · 4 letters · shape VCVC  ·  "aval" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • amasaams · amass · ammas · amsa · maas
  • avalaavl · avall · avval

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "amas" for "aval" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "amas" vs "aval" - which ranks higher?
"amas" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,766 in our Portuguese list, against #16,685 for "aval". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "amas" and "aval".

  • Full dictionary entry for "amas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aval" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #36,625 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "amas" and "aval" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "atar vs aval". 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 #36,625 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