ein
/aɪ̯n/ ouvir^(fonte ?)
The verdict
“ein” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #15,098) as an adverb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #15,098
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (equipamento elétrico) ligado
Corpus desk
Index PT-ein · ein · Portuguese
ein · rank #15,098 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,098
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH efetuar
Nearest frequency peer: efetuar (-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 “ein”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- earl
earl
84,906 corpus weight
- efetuar
efetuar
84,904 corpus weight
- ein
ein
84,903 corpus weight
- elogiar
elogiar
84,900 corpus weight
- enriquecime…
enriquecimento
84,899 corpus weight
- entrevistar
entrevistar
84,897 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “ein” 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 | ein |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /aɪ̯n/ ouvir^(fonte ?) |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #15,098 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “ein”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for ein is neighbouring look-alikes ("em", "eu", …), not just typos; it is anadverb pronounced /aɪ̯n/ ouvir^(fonte ?). Frequency #15,098 among 1,279 “E” headwords. Gloss: "(equipamento elétrico) ligado".
ein doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "em", "eu", "el", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is ein, spelled E-I-N.
Definition
- 1(equipamento elétrico) ligado
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.
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).