ear vs ev, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#39,574
“ear” frequency rank: #26,740
“ev” frequency rank: 66314
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	ear	ev
Definition	coclear	casa

Letter map: ear vs ev

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

3 ch

ear

2 ch

Part-of-speech tell for ear / ev

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ear is anadjective and evanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66314, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ear is recorded at frequency rank #39,574, classified as anadj. ev is at rank #26,740, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɛv/.

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 66314, this pair ranks #5,040 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of ear vs ev

Shared letters: e. Private to "ear": ar. Private to "ev": v.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "ear" and "ev" be used interchangeably?

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

In ordinary Portuguese text, does "ear" or "ev" show up more?

"ev" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,740 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.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "ear" and "ev".

Full dictionary entry for "ear" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "ev" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #5,040 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"ear" and "ev" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ear vs être". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #5,040 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.