erre
/ˈɛrːɛ/
The verdict
“erre” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #41,985) as a pronoun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #41,985
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
- 3
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nisto, nisso
Corpus desk
Index PT-erre · erre · Portuguese
erre · rank #41,985 · 3 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #41,985
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 3 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH empírico
Nearest frequency peer: empírico (-9 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 “erre”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- driving
driving
58,037 corpus weight
- Ecuador
Ecuador
58,032 corpus weight
- empírico
empírico
58,025 corpus weight
- erre
erre
58,016 corpus weight
- expensas
expensas
58,003 corpus weight
- extrapolar
extrapolar
57,999 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “erre” 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 | erre |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | /ˈɛrːɛ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #41,985 |
| Misspellings tracked | 3 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “erre”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for erre is neighbouring look-alikes ("Eve", "este", …), not just typos; it is apronoun pronounced /ˈɛrːɛ/. Frequency #41,985 among 1,279 “E” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 3 likely wrong-spelling variants for erre, with forms such as "ere", "erer", and "rere". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Eve", "este", "esse", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is erre, spelled E-R-R-E.
Definition
- 1nisto, nisso
- 2nessa direção
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ere
- erer
- rere
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of erre - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "erre", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).