Which to use
“ateu” is an adjective and “att” is a conjunction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,779
- “ateu” frequency rank
- #17,701
- “att” frequency rank
- 32480
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ateu | att |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que não crê na existência de nenhum deus | que: |
Letter map: ateu vs att
Shared letters muted; letters that set ateu and att apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for ateu / att
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ateu is anadjective and attaconjunction. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32480, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ateu is recorded at frequency rank #14,779, classified as anadj, pronounced /a.ˈteu̯/. 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 32480, this pair ranks #35,324 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ateu vs att
Shared letters: at. Private to "ateu": eu. Private to "att": -.
"ateu" · 4 letters · shape VCVV · "att" · 3 letters · shape VCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- ateu ← aetu · atteu · atue · taeu
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ateu" for "att" ever safe?
Which is more common, "ateu" or "att"?
Useful next steps
You've compared "ateu" and "att". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "ateu" 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 #35,324 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ateu" and "att" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acs vs att". 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 #35,324 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.