eresvserreTell them apart

Quick tell: eres is a noun, erre is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“eres” is a noun and “erre” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#37,305
“eres” frequency rank
#41,985
“erre” frequency rank
79290
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature eres erre
Definition forma plural de era: nisto, nisso

Letter map: eres vs erre

Shared letters muted; letters that set eres and erre apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. eres (VCVC) and erre (VCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
eres
4 ch
erre

Part-of-speech tell for eres / erre

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: eres is anoun and erreapronoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79290, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

eres is recorded at frequency rank #37,305, classified as anoun. 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 79290, this pair ranks #1,526 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of eres vs erre

Shared letters: er. Private to "eres": s. Private to "erre": -.

"eres" · 4 letters · shape VCVC  ·  "erre" · 4 letters · shape VCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • eres ← eers · eress · erres · erse · rees
  • erre ← ere · erer · rere

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "eres" and "erre" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "eres" is a noun and "erre" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "eres" or "erre" show up more?
"eres" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #37,305 in our Portuguese list, against #41,985 for "erre". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "eres" and "erre".

  • Full dictionary entry for "eres" 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 #1,526 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "eres" 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 #1,526 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list