enemy vs every, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“enemy” and “every” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#32,165
“enemy” frequency rank: #15,329
“every” frequency rank: 47494
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	enemy	every
Definition	inimigo	todo

Letter map: enemy vs every

Shared letters muted; letters that set enemy and every apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch

enemy

5 ch

every

Corpus notes: enemy and every

enemy and every are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47494, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

enemy is recorded at frequency rank #32,165, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈɛnəmi/. every is at rank #15,329, tagged as anadj.

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 47494, this pair ranks #17,745 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of enemy vs every

Shared letters: ey. Private to "enemy": mn. Private to "every": rv.

"enemy" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "every" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

enemy ← eenmy · enemmy · enemyy · eneym · enmey · ennemy · neemy
every ← eevry · everry · everyy · eveyr · evrey · evvery · veery

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "enemy" for "every" ever safe?

No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

In ordinary Portuguese text, does "enemy" or "every" show up more?

"every" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,329 in our Portuguese list, against #32,165 for "enemy". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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Full dictionary entry for "enemy" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "every" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #17,745 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"enemy" and "every" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enemy vs enjoy". 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 #17,745 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.