ecrã vs era, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“ecrã” and “era” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#12,046
“ecrã” frequency rank: #72
“era” frequency rank: 12118
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	ecrã	era
Definition	superfície onde se projetam, reproduzem ou formam imagens	época, período

Where the eye mixes ecrã and era

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch

ecrã

3 ch

era

Why the eye confuses ecrã with era

A purely visual mix-up. ecrã (/ɛ.ˈkɾɐ̃/) and era (/ˈɛ.ɾə/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12118, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ecrã is recorded at frequency rank #12,046, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɛ.ˈkɾɐ̃/. era is at rank #72, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈɛ.ɾə/.

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 12118, this pair ranks #60,566 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of ecrã vs era

Shared letters: er. Private to "ecrã": cã. Private to "era": a.

"ecrã" · 4 letters · shape VCCV · "era" · 3 letters · shape VCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ecrã" and "era" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No. They are said differently (/ɛ.ˈkɾɐ̃/ versus /ˈɛ.ɾə/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.

Which is more common, "ecrã" or "era"?

"era" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #72 in our Portuguese list, against #12,046 for "ecrã". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

Full dictionary entry for "ecrã" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "era" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #60,566 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"ecrã" and "era" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ecrã vs être". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #60,566 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.