atavsattWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#8,716
“ata” frequency rank
#17,701
“att” frequency rank
26417
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ata att
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Letter map: ata vs att

Shared letters muted; letters that set ata and att apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
ata
3 ch
att

Part-of-speech tell for ata / att

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ata is anoun and attaconjunction. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “ata” becomes t in “att”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26417, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ata is recorded at frequency rank #8,716, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈa.tɐ/. 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 26417, this pair ranks #42,745 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ata vs att

Shared letters: at. Private to "ata": -. Private to "att": -.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "ata" and "att" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ata" is a noun and "att" a conjunction, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "ata" vs "att" - which ranks higher?
"ata" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,716 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.

After this comparison

Pair "ata" vs "att" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ata" 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 #42,745 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ata" and "att" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acs vs att". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #42,745 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