eresvserroWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#37,305
“eres” frequency rank
#1,209
“erro” frequency rank
38514
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature eres erro
Definition forma plural de era: afastar-se do caminho, errar

Letter map: eres vs erro

Shared letters muted; letters that set eres and erro apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
eres
4 ch
erro

Grammar separator: eres vs erro

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: eres is anoun and erroaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38514, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

eres is recorded at frequency rank #37,305, classified as anoun. erro is at rank #1,209, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈer.roː/, /ˈɛr.roː/..

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 38514, this pair ranks #27,928 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of eres vs erro

Shared letters: er. Private to "eres": s. Private to "erro": o.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ereseers · eress · erres · erse · rees
  • erroero · eror · rero

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "eres" and "erro" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "eres" is a noun and "erro" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "eres" or "erro"?
"erro" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,209 in our Portuguese list, against #37,305 for "eres". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "eres" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "erro" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #27,928 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "eres" and "erro" 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 #27,928 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