# el vs ets

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### ets
*verb · IPA /ˈeʦ/ · frequency rank #34,703*
segunda pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo ésser

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