Which to use
“aquarela” is a noun and “àquela” is a contraction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,867
- “aquarela” frequency rank
- #9,603
- “àquela” frequency rank
- 32470
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aquarela | àquela |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | tinta diluída em água | contração da preposição a com o pronome demonstrativo aquela |
Letter map: aquarela vs àquela
Shared letters muted; letters that set aquarela and àquela apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. aquarela runs 8 letters (VCVVCVCV) against àquela's 6 (VCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - aquarela and àquela
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: aquarela is anoun and àquelaacontraction. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32470, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aquarela is recorded at frequency rank #22,867, classified as anoun, pronounced [aˈkwa.rɛ.lə]. àquela is at rank #9,603, tagged as acontraction.
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 32470, this pair ranks #35,333 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of aquarela vs àquela
Shared letters: aelqu. Private to "aquarela": r. Private to "àquela": à.
"aquarela" · 8 letters · shape VCVVCVCV · "àquela" · 6 letters · shape VCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- aquarela ← aqaurela · aqquarela · aquaerla · aquareal · aquarella · aquarlea · aquarrela · aquraela
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "aquarela" and "àquela" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "aquarela" vs "àquela" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "aquarela" and "àquela". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "aquarela" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "àquela" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #35,333 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aquarela" and "àquela" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "àquela vs avelã". 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 #35,333 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.