Which to use
“ele” is a pronoun and “ever” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38
- “ele” frequency rank
- #8,893
- “ever” frequency rank
- 8931
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ele | ever |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | pronome pessoal da terceira pessoa do singular | sempre |
Letter map: ele vs ever
Shared letters muted; letters that set ele and ever apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for ele / ever
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ele is apronoun and everanadverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8931, 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/. ever is at rank #8,893, tagged as anadv.
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 8931, this pair ranks #64,670 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of ele vs ever
Shared letters: e. Private to "ele": l. Private to "ever": rv.
"ele" · 3 letters · shape VCV · "ever" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- ever ← eevr · everr · evre · evver · veer
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "ele" and "ever" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "ele" or "ever" show up more?
What to do next
You've compared "ele" and "ever". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "ele" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ever" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #64,670 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ele" and "ever" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ele vs être". 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 #64,670 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.