# ao vs apt

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### ao
*contraction · IPA /aw/ · frequency rank #27*
contração da preposição a com o artigo definido o

### apt
*adjective · IPA /æpt/ · frequency rank #41,338*
apto

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/ao-vs-apt