ecavseleTell them apart

Quick tell: eca is a intj, ele is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“eca” is an intj and “ele” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#13,275
“eca” frequency rank
#38
“ele” frequency rank
13313
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature eca ele
Definition expressa nojo pronome pessoal da terceira pessoa do singular

Letter map: eca vs ele

Shared letters muted; letters that set eca and ele apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
eca
3 ch
ele

Role in the sentence - eca and ele

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: eca is anintj and eleapronoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13313, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

eca is recorded at frequency rank #13,275, classified as anintj. ele is at rank #38, tagged as apron, pronounced /ˈe.li/, /ˈe.lɪ/.

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 13313, this pair ranks #59,078 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of eca vs ele

Shared letters: e. Private to "eca": ac. Private to "ele": l.

"eca" · 3 letters · shape VCV  ·  "ele" · 3 letters · shape VCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "eca" for "ele" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "eca" is an intj and "ele" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "eca" or "ele"?
"ele" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38 in our Portuguese list, against #13,275 for "eca". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pair "eca" vs "ele" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "eca" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ele" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #59,078 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "eca" and "ele" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ear vs eca". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #59,078 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list