Which to use
“escuta” is a noun and “está” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,149
- “escuta” frequency rank
- #45
- “está” frequency rank
- 4194
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | escuta | está |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ato ou efeito de escutar | terceira pessoa do verbo estar no presente do indicativo; indica condição temporária |
Letter map: escuta vs está
Shared letters muted; letters that set escuta and está apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. escuta runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against está's 4 (VCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - escuta and está
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: escuta is anoun and estáaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4194, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
escuta is recorded at frequency rank #4,149, classified as anoun. está is at rank #45, tagged as averb.
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 4194, this pair ranks #70,799 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of escuta vs está
Shared letters: est. Private to "escuta": acu. Private to "está": á.
"escuta" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV · "está" · 4 letters · shape VCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- escuta ← ecsuta · esccuta · esctua · escuat · escutta · esscuta · esucta · secuta
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "escuta" and "está" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "escuta" or "está" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "escuta" and "está".
- Full dictionary entry for "escuta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "está" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #70,799 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "escuta" and "está" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "espia vs está". 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 #70,799 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.