# em vs ets

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### em
*preposition · IPA /ɐj̃/ · frequency rank #7*
exprime a ideia de:

### 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/em-vs-ets