et

Name: et, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/et/

//et// conj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“et” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #2,680) as a conjunction. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#2,680
frequency rank, Portuguese: 1,279
“E” headwords: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - e; também

Corpus desk

Index PT-et · et · Portuguese

et · rank #2,680 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #2,680
LEN-SHORT 2 letters
VOW-1 1 vowel
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-MID 1,279
PHOTO-FINISH Henry

Nearest frequency peer: Henry (+2 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.

endereço

97,326
et

97,321
Henry

97,319
herói

97,318
house

97,317
Jack

97,316

What this shows As barras situam “et” 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).

et vs eu

50% similar

et vs ev

50% similar

et vs Eva

0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for et
Property	Value
Headword	et
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Conjunction
IPA	/et/
Letters	2
Frequency rank	#2,680
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “et”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).etcai aqui:

#2,680

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “Henry” (#2,682), “herói” (#2,683), “house” (#2,684). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “et” fica em #2,680. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for et is neighbouring look-alikes ("eu", "ev", …), not just typos; it is aconjunction pronounced /et/. Frequency #2,680 among 1,279 “E” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

No generated misspelling entries exist for et in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "eu", "ev", "Eva", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 et, spelled E-T.

Definition

1
e; também
2
até
3
além disso
4
ainda

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "et"?

"et" is spelled E-T. The IPA pronunciation is /et/.

What does "et" mean?

As a conjunction, "et" means: e; também

What words are commonly confused with "et"?

"et" is commonly confused with "eu", "ev", "Eva". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "et"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "et" is /et/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "et" come from?

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