# être

> Portuguese word · Noun · IPA /ɛtʁ/ · frequency rank #48,731

## Definitions
1. ser vivo

## Easily confused with
- **Eve** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/etre-vs-eve)
- **ets** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/etre-vs-ets)
- **extra** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/etre-vs-extra)
- **et** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/et-vs-etre)
- **er** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/er-vs-etre)
- **ele** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/ele-vs-etre)
- **era** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/era-vs-etre)
- **ETA** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/eta-vs-etre)
- **ear** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/ear-vs-etre)
- **este** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/este-vs-etre)
- **esse** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/esse-vs-etre)
- **erro** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/erro-vs-etre)
- **ecrã** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/ecra-vs-etre)
- **earl** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/earl-vs-etre)
- **Ente** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/ente-vs-etre)
- **edge** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/edge-vs-etre)
- **eres** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/eres-vs-etre)
- **erre** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/erre-vs-etre)
- **entre** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/entre-vs-etre)

## Common misspellings (5)
`têre`, `êrte`, `êter`, `êtrre`, `êttre`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/etre