ear vs es, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#39,574
“ear” frequency rank: #2,631
“es” frequency rank: 42205
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	ear	es
Definition	coclear	ele, ela, aquilo, pronome da terceira pessoa do neutro singular do caso nominativo.

Letter map: ear vs es

Shared letters muted; letters that set ear and es apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch

ear

2 ch

Grammar separator: ear vs es

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ear is anadjective and esapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42205, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ear is recorded at frequency rank #39,574, classified as anadj. es is at rank #2,631, tagged as apron, pronounced /'ɛs/ ouvir ^(fonte ?).

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 42205, this pair ranks #23,604 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ear vs es

Shared letters: e. Private to "ear": ar. Private to "es": s.

"ear" · 3 letters · shape VVC · "es" · 2 letters · shape VC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ear" and "es" mean the same thing in a sentence?

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

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

"es" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,631 in our Portuguese list, against #39,574 for "ear". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "ear" and "es". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "ear" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "es" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #23,604 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"ear" and "es" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ear vs être". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #23,604 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.