Which to use
“edil” is a noun and “el” is an article - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31,342
- “edil” frequency rank
- #1,143
- “el” frequency rank
- 32485
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | edil | el |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | funcionário ou magistrado cuja função era fiscalizar edifícios e outras obras, assim como serviços públicos, como ruas, abastecimento de água, etc.; era tido como funcionário administrativo regular, de segundo escalão no Império Romano | o, artigo definido masculino: |
Letter map: edil vs el
Shared letters muted; letters that set edil and el apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for edil / el
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: edil is anoun and elanarticle. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32485, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
edil is recorded at frequency rank #31,342, classified as anoun, pronounced /e.ˈdiɫ/. el is at rank #1,143, tagged as anarticle.
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 32485, this pair ranks #35,311 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of edil vs el
Shared letters: el. Private to "edil": di. Private to "el": -.
"edil" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "el" · 2 letters · shape VC
Known mistypes of this pair
- edil ← deil · eddil · edill · edli · eidl
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "edil" and "el" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "edil" or "el" show up more?
What to do next
You've compared "edil" and "el". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "edil" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "el" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #35,311 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "edil" and "el" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "edil vs Edite". 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 #35,311 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.