àquelasvsàqueleWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“àquelas” and “àquele” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#19,891
“àquelas” frequency rank
#10,461
“àquele” frequency rank
30352
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature àquelas àquele
Definition contração da preposição a e o pronome aquelas contração da preposição a com o pronome demonstrativo aquele

Letter map: àquelas vs àquele

Shared letters muted; letters that set àquelas and àquele apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. àquelas 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
àquelas
6 ch
àquele

Spelling & dictionary notes on àquelas vs àquele

àquelas and àquele are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30352, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

àquelas is recorded at frequency rank #19,891, classified as acontraction, pronounced /a.ˈkɛ.las/, /a.ˈkɛ.lɐs/, /a.ˈkɛ.lɐʃ/. 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 30352, this pair ranks #38,024 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of àquelas vs àquele

Shared letters: elquà. Private to "àquelas": as. Private to "àquele": -.

"àquelas" · 7 letters · shape VCVVCVC  ·  "àquele" · 6 letters · shape VCVVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "àquelas" for "àquele" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "àquelas" 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 #19,891 for "àquelas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "àquelas" and "àquele". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "àquelas" 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 #38,024 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "àquelas" and "àquele" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "àquele vs aquém". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #38,024 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