eresvsesTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#37,305
“eres” frequency rank
#2,631
“es” frequency rank
39936
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature eres es
Definition forma plural de era: ele, ela, aquilo, pronome da terceira pessoa do neutro singular do caso nominativo.

Letter map: eres vs es

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

4 ch
eres
2 ch
es

Grammar separator: eres vs es

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: eres is anoun and esapronoun. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “es” sits inside “eres”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39936, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

eres is recorded at frequency rank #37,305, classified as anoun. es is at rank #2,631, tagged as apron, pronounced /'ɛs/ ouvir ^(fonte ?).

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 39936, this pair ranks #26,234 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of eres vs es

Shared letters: es. Private to "eres": r. Private to "es": -.

"eres" · 4 letters · shape VCVC  ·  "es" · 2 letters · shape VC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ereseers · eress · erres · erse · rees

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "eres" and "es" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "eres" is a noun and "es" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "eres" or "es"?
"es" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,631 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

You've compared "eres" and "es". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "eres" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "es" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #26,234 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "eres" and "es" 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 #26,234 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