Which to use
“apelação” is a noun and “aplacar” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,372
- “apelação” frequency rank
- #43,760
- “aplacar” frequency rank
- 56132
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | apelação | aplacar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de apelar | reduzir a força ou a intensidade de; acalmar, atenuar, minorar |
Where the eye mixes apelação and aplacar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. apelação runs 8 letters (VCVCVCVV) against aplacar's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses apelação with aplacar
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: apelação is /ɐ.pɨ.lɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ while aplacar is /ɐ.plɐ.ˈkaɾ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56132, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
apelação is recorded at frequency rank #12,372, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.pɨ.lɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. aplacar is at rank #43,760, tagged as averb, pronounced /ɐ.plɐ.ˈkaɾ/.
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 56132, this pair ranks #10,151 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of apelação vs aplacar
Shared letters: alp. Private to "apelação": eoãç. Private to "aplacar": cr.
"apelação" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCVV · "aplacar" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- aplacar ← alpacar · apalcar · aplaacr · aplacarr · aplaccar · aplacra · aplcaar · apllacar
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "apelação" for "aplacar" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "apelação" or "aplacar" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "apelação" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aplacar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #10,151 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "apelação" and "aplacar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "alçar vs aplacar". 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 #10,151 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.