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

#4,121
“amostra” frequency rank
#4,370
“aposta” frequency rank
8491
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature amostra aposta
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Where the eye mixes amostra and aposta

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. amostra runs 7 letters (VCVCCCV) against aposta's 6 (VCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
amostra
6 ch
aposta

Look-alike desk: amostra vs aposta

A purely visual mix-up. amostra (/ɐ.ˈmɔʃ.tɾɐ/) and aposta (/a.ˈpɔʃ.tɐ/) 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 8491, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

amostra is recorded at frequency rank #4,121, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.ˈmɔʃ.tɾɐ/. aposta is at rank #4,370, tagged as anoun, pronounced /a.ˈpɔʃ.tɐ/.

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 8491, this pair ranks #65,252 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of amostra vs aposta

Shared letters: aost. Private to "amostra": mr. Private to "aposta": p.

"amostra" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCCV  ·  "aposta" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • amostra ← ammostra · amosrta · amosstra · amostar · amostrra · amosttra · amotsra · amsotra
  • aposta ← aopsta · aposat · apossta · apostta · apotsa · apposta · apsota · paosta

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "amostra" and "aposta" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/ɐ.ˈmɔʃ.tɾɐ/ versus /a.ˈpɔʃ.tɐ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "amostra" or "aposta"?
"amostra" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,121 in our Portuguese list, against #4,370 for "aposta". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "amostra" and "aposta" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "amostra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "aposta" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #65,252 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "amostra" and "aposta" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aporte vs aposta". 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 #65,252 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