Which to use
“aparato” is a noun and “apart” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,219
- “aparato” frequency rank
- #30,820
- “apart” frequency rank
- 47039
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aparato | apart |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ostentação em atos públicos ou particulares | à parte, de parte * Sinônimos pt: em separado, separadamente, isoladamente, particularmente; |
Letter map: aparato vs apart
Shared letters muted; letters that set aparato and apart apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Role in the sentence - aparato and apart
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: aparato is anoun and apartanadverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47039, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aparato is recorded at frequency rank #16,219, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.pɐ.ˈɾa.tu/. apart is at rank #30,820, tagged as anadv.
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 47039, this pair ranks #18,246 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of aparato vs apart
Shared letters: aprt. Private to "aparato": o. Private to "apart": -.
"aparato" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV · "apart" · 5 letters · shape VCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "aparato" for "apart" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "aparato" or "apart" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "aparato" and "apart".
- Full dictionary entry for "aparato" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "apart" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #18,246 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aparato" and "apart" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apart vs atar". 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 #18,246 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.