# el vs er

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### er
*pronoun · frequency rank #11,866*
ele, aquele, aquilo, terceira pessoa do masculino singular do caso nominativo

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