# ao vs Atom

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Atom
*noun · IPA [a'toːm], Plural: [a'toːmə]. · frequency rank #34,578*
átomo.

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