angervsAugeConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#43,265
“anger” frequency rank
#7,866
“Auge” frequency rank
51131
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature anger Auge
Definition raiva olho

Where the eye mixes anger and Auge

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

5 ch
anger
4 ch
Auge

Look-alike desk: anger vs Auge

A purely visual mix-up. anger (/ˈæɳ.gəɹ/) 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 51131, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

anger is recorded at frequency rank #43,265, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈæɳ.gəɹ/. 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 51131, this pair ranks #13,867 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of anger vs Auge

Shared letters: aeg. Private to "anger": nr. Private to "Auge": u.

"anger" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC  ·  "Auge" · 4 letters · shape VVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • anger ← agner · anegr · angerr · angger · angre · annger · nager
  • Auge ← ague · aueg · augge · uage

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "anger" for "Auge" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/ˈæɳ.gəɹ/ versus /ˈaʊ̯gə/])]] ouvir^(fonte ?) ouvir^(fonte ?)) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "anger" vs "Auge" - which ranks higher?
"Auge" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,866 in our Portuguese list, against #43,265 for "anger". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "anger" 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 #13,867 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "anger" and "Auge" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "anger vs ater". 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 #13,867 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