Which to use
“entre” is a preposition and “erre” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #71
- “entre” frequency rank
- #41,985
- “erre” frequency rank
- 42056
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | entre | erre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | designa relação de situação em meio de, ou de situação no espaço que separa | nisto, nisso |
Where the eye mixes entre and erre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. entre runs 5 letters (VCCCV) against erre's 4 (VCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between entre and erre
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: entre is /ˈẽ.tɾɨ/ while erre is /ˈɛrːɛ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (preposition vs pronoun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42056, 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/. erre is at rank #41,985, tagged as apron, pronounced /ˈɛrːɛ/.
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 42056, this pair ranks #23,769 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of entre vs erre
Shared letters: er. Private to "entre": nt. Private to "erre": -.
"entre" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV · "erre" · 4 letters · shape VCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "entre" and "erre" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "entre" vs "erre" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "entre" and "erre" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "entre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "erre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #23,769 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "entre" and "erre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "erre 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 #23,769 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.