Which to use
“er” is a pronoun and “eres” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,866
- “er” frequency rank
- #37,305
- “eres” frequency rank
- 49171
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | er | eres |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ele, aquele, aquilo, terceira pessoa do masculino singular do caso nominativo | forma plural de era: |
Letter map: er vs eres
Shared letters muted; letters that set er and eres apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Grammar separator: er vs eres
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: er is apronoun and eresanoun. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “er” sits inside “eres”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49171, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
er is recorded at frequency rank #11,866, classified as apron. eres is at rank #37,305, tagged as anoun.
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 49171, this pair ranks #15,906 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of er vs eres
Shared letters: er. Private to "er": -. Private to "eres": s.
"er" · 2 letters · shape VC · "eres" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- eres ← eers · eress · erres · erse · rees
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "er" and "eres" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "er" or "eres" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "er" and "eres".
- Full dictionary entry for "er" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "eres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #15,906 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "er" and "eres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "eres 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 #15,906 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.