asavsattWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: asa is a noun, att is a conjunction, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“asa” is a noun and “att” is a conjunction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#7,104
“asa” frequency rank
#17,701
“att” frequency rank
24805
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature asa att
Definition membro de um animal que serve para o voo que:

Letter map: asa vs att

Shared letters muted; letters that set asa and att apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
asa
3 ch
att

Role in the sentence - asa and att

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: asa is anoun and attaconjunction. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24805, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

asa is recorded at frequency rank #7,104, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈa.zɐ/. att is at rank #17,701, tagged as aconj.

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 24805, this pair ranks #44,689 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of asa vs att

Shared letters: a. Private to "asa": s. Private to "att": t.

"asa" · 3 letters · shape VCV  ·  "att" · 3 letters · shape VCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "asa" for "att" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "asa" is a noun and "att" a conjunction, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "asa" or "att"?
"asa" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,104 in our Portuguese list, against #17,701 for "att". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "asa" and "att". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "asa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "att" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #44,689 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "asa" and "att" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acs vs att". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #44,689 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