elevsevenWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: ele is a pronoun, even is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“ele” is a pronoun and “even” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#38
“ele” frequency rank
#22,024
“even” frequency rank
22062
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ele even
Definition pronome pessoal da terceira pessoa do singular plano

Where the eye mixes ele and even

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

3 ch
ele
4 ch
even

Visual trap between ele and even

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: ele is /ˈe.li/, /ˈe.lɪ/ while even is ˈi:vən/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (pronoun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22062, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ele is recorded at frequency rank #38, classified as apron, pronounced /ˈe.li/, /ˈe.lɪ/. even is at rank #22,024, tagged as anadj, pronounced ˈi:vən/.

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 22062, this pair ranks #48,070 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ele vs even

Shared letters: e. Private to "ele": l. Private to "even": nv.

"ele" · 3 letters · shape VCV  ·  "even" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • eveneevn · evenn · evne · evven · veen

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ele" and "even" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ele" is a pronoun and "even" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "ele" vs "even" - which ranks higher?
"ele" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38 in our Portuguese list, against #22,024 for "even". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "ele" and "even" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ele" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "even" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #48,070 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ele" and "even" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "eres vs even". 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 #48,070 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list