Which to use
“aumenta” is a verb and “ausente” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,990
- “aumenta” frequency rank
- #9,004
- “ausente” frequency rank
- 11994
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aumenta | ausente |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo aumentar | que não está presente |
Letter map: aumenta vs ausente
Shared letters muted; letters that set aumenta and ausente apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. aumenta and ausente follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VVCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for aumenta / ausente
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: aumenta is averb and ausenteanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11994, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aumenta is recorded at frequency rank #2,990, classified as averb. ausente is at rank #9,004, tagged as anadj, pronounced /aw.ˈzẽ.tɨ/.
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 11994, this pair ranks #60,719 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of aumenta vs ausente
Shared letters: aentu. Private to "aumenta": m. Private to "ausente": s.
"aumenta" · 7 letters · shape VVCVCCV · "ausente" · 7 letters · shape VVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "aumenta" and "ausente" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "aumenta" vs "ausente" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "aumenta" and "ausente".
- Full dictionary entry for "aumenta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ausente" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #60,719 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aumenta" and "ausente" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "assente vs ausente". 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 #60,719 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.