# ele vs et

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### ele
*pronoun · IPA /ˈe.li/, /ˈe.lɪ/ · frequency rank #38*
pronome pessoal da terceira pessoa do singular

### et
*conjunction · IPA /et/ · frequency rank #2,680*
e; também

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