Which to use
“eat” and “está” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,550
- “eat” frequency rank
- #45
- “está” frequency rank
- 28595
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | eat | está |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | comer | terceira pessoa do verbo estar no presente do indicativo; indica condição temporária |
Letter map: eat vs está
Shared letters muted; letters that set eat and está apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. eat runs 3 letters (VVC) against está's 4 (VCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - eat / está
eat and está are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28595, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
eat is recorded at frequency rank #28,550, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈiːt/. está is at rank #45, tagged as averb.
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 28595, this pair ranks #40,212 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of eat vs está
Shared letters: et. Private to "eat": a. Private to "está": sá.
"eat" · 3 letters · shape VVC · "está" · 4 letters · shape VCCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "eat" and "está" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "eat" or "está" show up more?
After this comparison
Pair "eat" vs "está" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "eat" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "está" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #40,212 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "eat" and "está" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ear vs eat". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #40,212 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.