Which to use
“apt” is an adjective and “apud” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #41,338
- “apt” frequency rank
- #40,428
- “apud” frequency rank
- 81766
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | apt | apud |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | apto | palavra latina usada para citações indiretas (citar documentos que não foram obtidos diretamente, mas por meio de outras obras) |
Letter map: apt vs apud
Shared letters muted; letters that set apt and apud apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Role in the sentence - apt and apud
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: apt is anadjective and apudapreposition. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81766, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
apt is recorded at frequency rank #41,338, classified as anadj, pronounced /æpt/. apud is at rank #40,428, tagged as aprep.
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 81766, this pair ranks #1,116 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of apt vs apud
Shared letters: ap. Private to "apt": t. Private to "apud": du.
"apt" · 3 letters · shape VCC · "apud" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- apud ← apdu · appud · apudd · aupd · paud
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "apt" for "apud" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Pair "apt" vs "apud" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "apt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "apud" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,116 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "apt" and "apud" 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 #1,116 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.