Which to use
“essa” is a noun and “esse” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #86
- “essa” frequency rank
- #83
- “esse” frequency rank
- 169
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | essa | esse |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | o estrado onde o caixão é colocado durante as cerimónias/cerimônias fúnebres antes do enterro | pronome demonstrativo que designa indivíduo ou objeto afastado de quem fala e próxima da pessoa com quem se fala: |
Letter map: essa vs esse
Shared letters muted; letters that set essa and esse apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Grammar separator: essa vs esse
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: essa is anoun and esseapronoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “essa” becomes e in “esse”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 169, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
essa is recorded at frequency rank #86, classified as anoun. esse is at rank #83, tagged as apron, pronounced /ˈe.sɪ/.
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 169, this pair ranks #75,472 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of essa vs esse
Shared letters: es. Private to "essa": a. Private to "esse": -.
"essa" · 4 letters · shape VCCV · "esse" · 4 letters · shape VCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "essa" vs "esse" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "essa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "esse" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #75,472 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "essa" and "esse" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "esse 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 #75,472 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.