aquecervsàqueleWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: aquecer is a verb, àquele is a contraction, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

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.

7 ch
aquecer
6 ch
àquele

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?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "aquecer" is a verb and "àquele" a contraction, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "aquecer" vs "àquele" - which ranks higher?
"àquele" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,461 in our Portuguese list, against #11,584 for "aquecer". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list