Which to use
“atar” is a verb and “att” is a conjunction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,254
- “atar” frequency rank
- #17,701
- “att” frequency rank
- 65955
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | atar | att |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | apertar atilho com nó; amarrar; ligar; manietar: | que: |
Letter map: atar vs att
Shared letters muted; letters that set atar and att apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for atar / att
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: atar is averb and attaconjunction. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65955, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
atar is recorded at frequency rank #48,254, classified as averb, pronounced /ɐ.ˈtaɾ/. 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 65955, this pair ranks #5,168 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of atar vs att
Shared letters: at. Private to "atar": r. Private to "att": -.
"atar" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "att" · 3 letters · shape VCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- atar ← aatr · atarr · attar
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "atar" and "att" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "atar" or "att"?
After this comparison
You've compared "atar" and "att". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "atar" 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 #5,168 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "atar" and "att" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "afã vs atar". 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 #5,168 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.