apo vs até, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“apo” is a verb and “até” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#45,685
“apo” frequency rank: #55
“até” frequency rank: 45740
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	apo	até
Definition	atar, juntar, ligar.	também, inclusive

Where the eye mixes apo and até

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.

3 ch

apo

3 ch

até

Visual trap between apo and até

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: apo is /ˈa.poː/. while até is /ɐ.ˈtɛ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adverb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45740, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

apo is recorded at frequency rank #45,685, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈa.poː/.. até is at rank #55, tagged as anadv, pronounced /ɐ.ˈtɛ/.

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 45740, this pair ranks #19,653 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of apo vs até

Shared letters: a. Private to "apo": op. Private to "até": té.

"apo" · 3 letters · shape VCV · "até" · 3 letters · shape VCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "apo" for "até" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "apo" is a verb and "até" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary Portuguese text, does "apo" or "até" show up more?

"até" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #55 in our Portuguese list, against #45,685 for "apo". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "apo" and "até" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

Full dictionary entry for "apo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "até" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #19,653 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"apo" and "até" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acs vs apo". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #19,653 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.