# el vs em

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### el
*article · frequency rank #1,143*
o, artigo definido masculino:

### em
*preposition · IPA /ɐj̃/ · frequency rank #7*
exprime a ideia de:

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/el-vs-em