Which to use
“aquecer” is a verb and “àqueles” is a contraction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,584
- “aquecer” frequency rank
- #9,604
- “àqueles” frequency rank
- 21188
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aquecer | àqueles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | transitivo | contração da preposição a com o pronome aqueles |
Letter map: aquecer vs àqueles
Shared letters muted; letters that set aquecer and àqueles apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. aquecer and àqueles follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - aquecer and àqueles
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: aquecer is averb and àquelesacontraction. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21188, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aquecer is recorded at frequency rank #11,584, classified as averb. àqueles is at rank #9,604, tagged as acontraction, pronounced /a.ˈke.liʃ/.
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 21188, this pair ranks #49,150 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of aquecer vs àqueles
Shared letters: equ. Private to "aquecer": acr. Private to "àqueles": lsà.
"aquecer" · 7 letters · shape VCVVCVC · "àqueles" · 7 letters · shape VCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- aquecer ← aqeucer · aqquecer · aquceer · aqueccer · aquecerr · aquecre · aqueecr · auqecer
Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "aquecer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "àqueles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #49,150 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aquecer" and "àqueles" 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 #49,150 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.