e
/i/
The verdict
“e” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #5) as a conjunction. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #5
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - usado para unir orações ou termos de mesma natureza gramatical
Corpus desk
Index PT-e · e · Portuguese
e · rank #5 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #5
- LEN-SHORT 1 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH que
Nearest frequency peer: que (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “e”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- A
A
99,999 corpus weight
- o
o
99,998 corpus weight
- que
que
99,997 corpus weight
- e
e
99,996 corpus weight
- do
do
99,995 corpus weight
- em
em
99,994 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “e” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | e |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Conjunction |
| IPA | /i/ |
| Letters | 1 |
| Frequency rank | #5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “e”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for e is neighbouring look-alikes ("em", "eu", …), not just typos; it is aconjunction pronounced /i/. Frequency #5 among 1,279 “E” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
No generated misspelling entries exist for e in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "em", "eu", "el", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is e, spelled E.
Definition
- 1usado para unir orações ou termos de mesma natureza gramatical
- 2mas, porém
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how e appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Viva e morra sobretudo / este dia, metal vil, / surdo, cego e mudo (...).
Comprei as passagens, e não viajei.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.