àquelas vs àquele, What'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

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set àquelas and àquele apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch

àquelas

6 ch

àquele

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

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

Frequency comparison

àquelas#19,891

àquele#10,461

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "àquelas" and "àquele" be used interchangeably?

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.

Which is more common, "àquelas" or "àquele"?

"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.

Remembering àquelas vs àquele

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