Which to use
“àquela” is a contraction and “aquilo” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,603
- “àquela” frequency rank
- #820
- “aquilo” frequency rank
- 10423
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | àquela | aquilo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | contração da preposição a com o pronome demonstrativo aquela | aquela coisa ou aquele assunto |
Letter map: àquela vs aquilo
Shared letters muted; letters that set àquela and aquilo apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. àquela and aquilo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - àquela and aquilo
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: àquela is acontraction and aquiloapronoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10423, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
àquela is recorded at frequency rank #9,603, classified as acontraction. aquilo is at rank #820, tagged as apron, pronounced /ɐ.ˈki.lu/.
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 10423, this pair ranks #62,688 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of àquela vs aquilo
Shared letters: alqu. Private to "àquela": eà. Private to "aquilo": io.
"àquela" · 6 letters · shape VCVVCV · "aquilo" · 6 letters · shape VCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- aquilo ← aqiulo · aqquilo · aquillo · aquiol · aqulio · auqilo · qauilo
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "àquela" and "aquilo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "àquela" or "aquilo" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "àquela" and "aquilo".
- Full dictionary entry for "àquela" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aquilo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #62,688 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "àquela" and "aquilo" 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 #62,688 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.