ato vs att, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#1,326
“ato” frequency rank: #17,701
“att” frequency rank: 19027
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	ato	att
Definition	processo de fazer algo; manifestação real e tangível	que:

Letter map: ato vs att

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

3 ch

ato

3 ch

att

Role in the sentence - ato and att

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ato is anoun and attaconjunction. On the page they differ by a single letter - o in “ato” becomes t in “att”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19027, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ato is recorded at frequency rank #1,326, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈato/ ou /ˈatu/_(plural:) /ˈatos/, /ˈatus/ ou /ˈatuʃ/. 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 19027, this pair ranks #51,832 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ato vs att

Shared letters: at. Private to "ato": o. Private to "att": -.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "ato" and "att" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ato" is a noun and "att" a conjunction, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary Portuguese text, does "ato" or "att" show up more?

"ato" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,326 in our Portuguese list, against #17,701 for "att". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

Full dictionary entry for "ato" 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 #51,832 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"ato" and "att" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "acs vs att". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #51,832 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.