entrada vs enxada, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#955
“entrada” frequency rank: #42,913
“enxada” frequency rank: 43868
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	entrada	enxada
Definition	lugar onde se entra; porta; portão	instrumento que consiste em uma lâmina de metal, com um orifício na parte oposta ao gume em que se encaixa um cabo em sentido perpendicular, usado para capinar, revolver ou cavar a terra, misturar argamassas, concretos etc

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set entrada and enxada apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch

entrada

6 ch

enxada

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

A purely visual mix-up. entrada (/ẽ.ˈtɾa.dɐ/) and enxada (/ẽ.ˈʃa.dɐ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43868, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

entrada is recorded at frequency rank #955, classified as anoun, pronounced /ẽ.ˈtɾa.dɐ/. enxada is at rank #42,913, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ẽ.ˈʃa.dɐ/.

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 43868, this pair ranks #21,706 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of entrada vs enxada

Shared letters: aden. Private to "entrada": rt. Private to "enxada": x.

"entrada" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV · "enxada" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

entrada ← enntrada · enrtada · entarda · entraad · entradda · entrdaa · entrrada · enttrada
enxada ← enaxda · ennxada · enxaad · enxadda · enxdaa · enxxada · exnada · nexada

Frequency comparison

entrada#955

enxada#42,913

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "entrada" and "enxada" be used interchangeably?

No. They are said differently (/ẽ.ˈtɾa.dɐ/ versus /ẽ.ˈʃa.dɐ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.

Which is more common, "entrada" or "enxada"?

"entrada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #955 in our Portuguese list, against #42,913 for "enxada". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering entrada vs enxada

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
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