arevsaresWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#4,038
“are” frequency rank
#10,309
“ares” frequency rank
14347
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature are ares
Definition unidade de medida de área equivalente a 100 metros quadrados atmosfera, ar

Letter map: are vs ares

Shared letters muted; letters that set are and ares apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

3 ch
are
4 ch
ares

Spelling & dictionary notes on are vs ares

are and ares 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) - “are” sits inside “ares”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14347, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

are is recorded at frequency rank #4,038, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈa.ɾe/. ares is at rank #10,309, tagged as anoun.

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 14347, this pair ranks #57,761 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of are vs ares

Shared letters: aer. Private to "are": -. Private to "ares": s.

"are" · 3 letters · shape VCV  ·  "ares" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aresaers · aress · arres · arse · raes

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "are" and "ares" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “are” sits inside “ares”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "are" or "ares"?
"are" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,038 in our Portuguese list, against #10,309 for "ares". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "are" vs "ares" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "are" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ares" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #57,761 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "are" and "ares" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acs vs ares". 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 #57,761 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