Which to use
“at” is a preposition and “av” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,457
- “at” frequency rank
- #5,821
- “av” frequency rank
- 7278
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | at | av |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | em, a | audiovisuel ("audiovisual"): |
Letter map: at vs av
Shared letters muted; letters that set at and av apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Part-of-speech tell for at / av
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: at is apreposition and avanabbrev. On the page they differ by a single letter - t in “at” becomes v in “av”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7278, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
at is recorded at frequency rank #1,457, classified as aprep, pronounced \æt\. av is at rank #5,821, tagged as anabbrev.
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 7278, this pair ranks #66,886 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of at vs av
Shared letters: a. Private to "at": t. Private to "av": v.
"at" · 2 letters · shape VC · "av" · 2 letters · shape VC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "at" for "av" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "at" or "av" show up more?
After this comparison
Pair "at" vs "av" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "at" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "av" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #66,886 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "at" and "av" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acs vs av". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #66,886 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.