Which to use
“àquela” is a contraction and “avelã” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,603
- “àquela” frequency rank
- #35,019
- “avelã” frequency rank
- 44622
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | àquela | avelã |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | contração da preposição a com o pronome demonstrativo aquela | fruta gerada pela avelãzeira, avelaneira ou aveleira, (Corylus avellana) |
Letter map: àquela vs avelã
Shared letters muted; letters that set àquela and avelã apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. àquela runs 6 letters (VCVVCV) against avelã's 5 (VCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for àquela / avelã
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: àquela is acontraction and avelãanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44622, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
àquela is recorded at frequency rank #9,603, classified as acontraction. avelã is at rank #35,019, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.vɨ.ˈlɐ̃/.
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 44622, this pair ranks #20,833 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of àquela vs avelã
Shared letters: ael. Private to "àquela": quà. Private to "avelã": vã.
"àquela" · 6 letters · shape VCVVCV · "avelã" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "àquela" and "avelã" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "àquela" vs "avelã" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "àquela" and "avelã". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "àquela" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "avelã" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #20,833 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "àquela" and "avelã" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ateia vs avelã". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #20,833 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.