Which to use
“apart” is an adverb and “apt” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,820
- “apart” frequency rank
- #41,338
- “apt” frequency rank
- 72158
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | apart | apt |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | à parte, de parte * Sinônimos pt: em separado, separadamente, isoladamente, particularmente; | apto |
Letter map: apart vs apt
Shared letters muted; letters that set apart and apt apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for apart / apt
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: apart is anadverb and aptanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72158, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
apart is recorded at frequency rank #30,820, classified as anadv. apt is at rank #41,338, tagged as anadj, pronounced /æpt/.
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 72158, this pair ranks #3,146 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of apart vs apt
Shared letters: apt. Private to "apart": r. Private to "apt": -.
"apart" · 5 letters · shape VCVCC · "apt" · 3 letters · shape VCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- apart ← aaprt · aparrt · apartt · apatr · appart · aprat · paart
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "apart" and "apt" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "apart" vs "apt" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "apart" and "apt". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "apart" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "apt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #3,146 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "apart" and "apt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acs vs apt". 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 #3,146 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.