ecavseramTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#13,275
“eca” frequency rank
#425
“eram” frequency rank
13700
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature eca eram
Definition expressa nojo terceira pessoa do plural do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo ser

Letter map: eca vs eram

Shared letters muted; letters that set eca and eram apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
eca
4 ch
eram

Role in the sentence - eca and eram

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: eca is anintj and eramaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13700, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

eca is recorded at frequency rank #13,275, classified as anintj. eram is at rank #425, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈɛ.ɾã/.

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 13700, this pair ranks #58,576 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of eca vs eram

Shared letters: ae. Private to "eca": c. Private to "eram": mr.

"eca" · 3 letters · shape VCV  ·  "eram" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • eramearm · eramm · erma · erram · ream

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "eca" and "eram" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "eca" is an intj and "eram" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "eca" or "eram" show up more?
"eram" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #425 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 "eram" 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 "eram" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #58,576 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "eca" and "eram" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ear vs eca". 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 #58,576 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