Which to use
“es” is a pronoun and “esto” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,631
- “es” frequency rank
- #22,970
- “esto” frequency rank
- 25601
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | es | esto |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ele, ela, aquilo, pronome da terceira pessoa do neutro singular do caso nominativo. | agitação das águas do mar; maré; preamar |
Letter map: es vs esto
Shared letters muted; letters that set es and esto apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for es / esto
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: es is apronoun and estoanoun. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “es” sits inside “esto”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25601, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
es is recorded at frequency rank #2,631, classified as apron, pronounced /'ɛs/ ouvir ^(fonte ?). esto is at rank #22,970, tagged as anoun.
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 25601, this pair ranks #43,694 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of es vs esto
Shared letters: es. Private to "es": -. Private to "esto": ot.
"es" · 2 letters · shape VC · "esto" · 4 letters · shape VCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- esto ← esot · essto · estto · etso · seto
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "es" for "esto" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "es" or "esto" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "es" and "esto".
- Full dictionary entry for "es" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "esto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #43,694 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "es" and "esto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "elio vs esto". 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 #43,694 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.