Which to use
“easy” is an adjective and “essa” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,720
- “easy” frequency rank
- #86
- “essa” frequency rank
- 13806
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | easy | essa |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | fácil | o estrado onde o caixão é colocado durante as cerimónias/cerimônias fúnebres antes do enterro |
Letter map: easy vs essa
Shared letters muted; letters that set easy and essa apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Role in the sentence - easy and essa
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: easy is anadjective and essaanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13806, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
easy is recorded at frequency rank #13,720, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈiːzi/. essa is at rank #86, tagged as anoun.
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 13806, this pair ranks #58,430 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of easy vs essa
Shared letters: aes. Private to "easy": y. Private to "essa": -.
"easy" · 4 letters · shape VVCV · "essa" · 4 letters · shape VCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "easy" for "essa" ever safe?
Frequency check: "easy" vs "essa" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "easy" vs "essa" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "easy" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "essa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #58,430 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "easy" and "essa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ear vs easy". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #58,430 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.