ear vs Ema, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“ear” is an adjective and “Ema” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#39,574
“ear” frequency rank: #19,695
“Ema” frequency rank: 59269
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	ear	Ema
Definition	coclear	prenome feminino

Letter map: ear vs Ema

Shared letters muted; letters that set ear and Ema apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. ear (VVC) and Ema (VCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

3 ch

ear

3 ch

Ema

Role in the sentence - ear and Ema

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ear is anadjective and Emaanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59269, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ear is recorded at frequency rank #39,574, classified as anadj. Ema is at rank #19,695, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈẽ.mɐ/.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 59269, this pair ranks #8,276 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of ear vs Ema

Shared letters: ae. Private to "ear": r. Private to "Ema": m.

"ear" · 3 letters · shape VVC · "Ema" · 3 letters · shape VCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "ear" for "Ema" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ear" is an adjective and "Ema" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "ear" vs "Ema" - which ranks higher?

"Ema" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,695 in our Portuguese list, against #39,574 for "ear". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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Full dictionary entry for "ear" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "Ema" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #8,276 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"ear" and "Ema" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ear vs être". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #8,276 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.