# eram vs exame

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### eram
*verb · IPA /ˈɛ.ɾã/ · frequency rank #425*
terceira pessoa do plural do pretérito imperfeito do indicativo do verbo ser

### exame
*noun · IPA /i.ˈzɐ.mɨ/ · frequency rank #3,074*
o ato de examinar

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
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