eresvsEveTell them apart

Which to use

“eres” and “Eve” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#37,305
“eres” frequency rank
#13,077
“Eve” frequency rank
50382
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature eres Eve
Definition forma plural de era: Eva

Letter map: eres vs Eve

Shared letters muted; letters that set eres and Eve apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. eres runs 4 letters (VCVC) against Eve's 3 (VCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
eres
3 ch
Eve

Pair insight - eres / Eve

eres and Eve are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50382, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

eres is recorded at frequency rank #37,305, classified as anoun. Eve is at rank #13,077, tagged as anoun, pronounced /iːv/..

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 50382, this pair ranks #14,586 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of eres vs Eve

Shared letters: e. Private to "eres": rs. Private to "Eve": v.

"eres" · 4 letters · shape VCVC  ·  "Eve" · 3 letters · shape VCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • eres ← eers · eress · erres · erse · rees

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "eres" for "Eve" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "eres" vs "Eve" - which ranks higher?
"Eve" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,077 in our Portuguese list, against #37,305 for "eres". 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 "Eve".

  • Full dictionary entry for "eres" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Eve" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #14,586 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "eres" and "Eve" 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 #14,586 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