apertar vs aperto, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“apertar” is a verb and “aperto” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#6,837
“apertar” frequency rank: #10,129
“aperto” frequency rank: 16966
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	apertar	aperto
Definition	aproximar muito forçando	ato de apertar

Letter map: apertar vs aperto

Shared letters muted; letters that set apertar and aperto apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

7 ch

apertar

6 ch

aperto

Role in the sentence - apertar and aperto

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: apertar is averb and apertoanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16966, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

apertar is recorded at frequency rank #6,837, classified as averb. aperto is at rank #10,129, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.ˈpeɾ.tu/.

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 16966, this pair ranks #54,408 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of apertar vs aperto

Shared letters: aeprt. Private to "apertar": -. Private to "aperto": o.

"apertar" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC · "aperto" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

apertar ← aeprtar · aperatr · aperrtar · apertarr · apertra · aperttar · apetrar · appertar
aperto ← aeprto · aperot · aperrto · apertto · apetro · apperto · apreto · paerto

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "apertar" for "aperto" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "apertar" is a verb and "aperto" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "apertar" or "aperto"?

"apertar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,837 in our Portuguese list, against #10,129 for "aperto". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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Full dictionary entry for "apertar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "aperto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #54,408 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"apertar" and "aperto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aperto vs aporte". 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 #54,408 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.