ecavserasTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#13,275
“eca” frequency rank
#9,997
“eras” frequency rank
23272
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature eca eras
Definition expressa nojo forma plural de era

Letter map: eca vs eras

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

3 ch
eca
4 ch
eras

Role in the sentence - eca and eras

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: eca is anintj and erasanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23272, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

eca is recorded at frequency rank #13,275, classified as anintj. eras is at rank #9,997, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈɛ.ɾəs/.

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 23272, this pair ranks #46,586 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of eca vs eras

Shared letters: ae. Private to "eca": c. Private to "eras": rs.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • erasears · erass · erras · ersa · reas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "eca" and "eras" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "eca" is an intj and "eras" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "eca" vs "eras" - which ranks higher?
"eras" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,997 in our Portuguese list, against #13,275 for "eca". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "eca" and "eras". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "eca" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "eras" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #46,586 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "eca" and "eras" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "eras vs ermo". 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 #46,586 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