AtomvsattTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#34,578
“Atom” frequency rank
#17,701
“att” frequency rank
52279
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Atom att
Definition átomo. que:

Letter map: Atom vs att

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

4 ch
Atom
3 ch
att

Part-of-speech tell for Atom / att

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Atom is anoun and attaconjunction. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52279, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Atom is recorded at frequency rank #34,578, classified as anoun, pronounced [a'toːm], Plural: [a'toːmə].. 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 52279, this pair ranks #12,896 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Atom vs att

Shared letters: at. Private to "Atom": mo. Private to "att": -.

"Atom" · 4 letters · shape VCVC  ·  "att" · 3 letters · shape VCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Atomaotm · atmo · atomm · attom · taom

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Atom" for "att" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Atom" is a noun and "att" a conjunction, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Atom" vs "att" - which ranks higher?
"att" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,701 in our Portuguese list, against #34,578 for "Atom". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Atom" and "att".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Atom" 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 #12,896 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Atom" and "att" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Atom vs atroz". 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 #12,896 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