Which to use
“àquele” and “àqueles” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,461
- “àquele” frequency rank
- #9,604
- “àqueles” frequency rank
- 20065
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | àquele | àqueles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | contração da preposição a com o pronome demonstrativo aquele | contração da preposição a com o pronome aqueles |
Letter map: àquele vs àqueles
Shared letters muted; letters that set àquele and àqueles apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. àquele runs 6 letters (VCVVCV) against àqueles's 7 (VCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - àquele / àqueles
àquele and àqueles 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 extra letter(s) - “àquele” sits inside “àqueles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20065, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
àquele is recorded at frequency rank #10,461, classified as acontraction. 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 20065, this pair ranks #50,543 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of àquele vs àqueles
Shared letters: elquà. Private to "àquele": -. Private to "àqueles": s.
"àquele" · 6 letters · shape VCVVCV · "àqueles" · 7 letters · shape VCVVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Pair "àquele" vs "àqueles" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "àquele" 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 #50,543 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "àquele" and "àqueles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "àquele vs aquém". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #50,543 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.