apevsattWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: ape is a noun, att is a conjunction, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“ape” is a noun and “att” is a conjunction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#28,095
“ape” frequency rank
#17,701
“att” frequency rank
45796
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ape att
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Letter map: ape vs att

Shared letters muted; letters that set ape and att apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
ape
3 ch
att

Part-of-speech tell for ape / att

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ape is anoun and attaconjunction. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45796, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ape is recorded at frequency rank #28,095, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈɑ.pe/. att is at rank #17,701, tagged as aconj.

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 45796, this pair ranks #19,595 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ape vs att

Shared letters: a. Private to "ape": ep. Private to "att": t.

"ape" · 3 letters · shape VCV  ·  "att" · 3 letters · shape VCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ape" for "att" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ape" is a noun and "att" a conjunction, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "ape" vs "att" - which ranks higher?
"att" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,701 in our Portuguese list, against #28,095 for "ape". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "ape" vs "att" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ape" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "att" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #19,595 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ape" and "att" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acs vs ape". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #19,595 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