Which to use
“aquecer” is a verb and “àquele” is a contraction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,584
- “aquecer” frequency rank
- #10,461
- “àquele” frequency rank
- 22045
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aquecer | àquele |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | transitivo | contração da preposição a com o pronome demonstrativo aquele |
Letter map: aquecer vs àquele
Shared letters muted; letters that set aquecer and àquele apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. aquecer runs 7 letters (VCVVCVC) against àquele's 6 (VCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: aquecer vs àquele
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: aquecer is averb and àqueleacontraction. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22045, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aquecer is recorded at frequency rank #11,584, classified as averb. àquele is at rank #10,461, 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 22045, this pair ranks #48,088 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of aquecer vs àquele
Shared letters: equ. Private to "aquecer": acr. Private to "àquele": là.
"aquecer" · 7 letters · shape VCVVCVC · "àquele" · 6 letters · shape VCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- aquecer ← aqeucer · aqquecer · aquceer · aqueccer · aquecerr · aquecre · aqueecr · auqecer
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "aquecer" and "àquele" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "aquecer" vs "àquele" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "aquecer" vs "àquele" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "aquecer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "àquele" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #48,088 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aquecer" and "àquele" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adoecer vs aquecer". 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 #48,088 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.