Which to use
“entre” is a preposition and “entrego” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #71
- “entre” frequency rank
- #16,508
- “entrego” frequency rank
- 16579
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | entre | entrego |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | designa relação de situação em meio de, ou de situação no espaço que separa | inteiro, completo, íntegro |
Letter map: entre vs entrego
Shared letters muted; letters that set entre and entrego apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. entre runs 5 letters (VCCCV) against entrego's 7 (VCCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for entre / entrego
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: entre is apreposition and entregoanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “entre” sits inside “entrego”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16579, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
entre is recorded at frequency rank #71, classified as aprep, pronounced /ˈẽ.tɾɨ/. entrego is at rank #16,508, 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 16579, this pair ranks #54,916 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of entre vs entrego
Shared letters: enrt. Private to "entre": -. Private to "entrego": go.
"entre" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV · "entrego" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "entre" for "entrego" ever safe?
Frequency check: "entre" vs "entrego" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "entre" and "entrego". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "entre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "entrego" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #54,916 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "entre" and "entrego" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "entre 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 #54,916 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.