# er vs être

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### er
*pronoun · frequency rank #11,866*
ele, aquele, aquilo, terceira pessoa do masculino singular do caso nominativo

### être
*noun · IPA /ɛtʁ/ · frequency rank #48,731*
ser vivo

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/er-vs-etre