Which to use
“aval” and “avião” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,685
- “aval” frequency rank
- #2,262
- “avião” frequency rank
- 18947
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | aval | avião |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | garantia de pagamento de um determinado título de crédito | aparelho mais pesado que o ar empregado em navegação aérea |
Letter map: aval vs avião
Shared letters muted; letters that set aval and avião apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. aval runs 4 letters (VCVC) against avião's 5 (VCVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - aval / avião
aval and avião are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18947, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
aval is recorded at frequency rank #16,685, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɐ.ˈvaɫ/. avião is at rank #2,262, tagged as anoun.
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 18947, this pair ranks #51,927 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of aval vs avião
Shared letters: av. Private to "aval": l. Private to "avião": ioã.
"aval" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "avião" · 5 letters · shape VCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- aval ← aavl · avall · avval
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "aval" for "avião" ever safe?
Frequency check: "aval" vs "avião" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "aval" vs "avião" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "aval" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "avião" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #51,927 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "aval" and "avião" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "atar vs aval". 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 #51,927 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.