Which to use
“está” is a verb and “estate” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #45
- “está” frequency rank
- #32,593
- “estate” frequency rank
- 32638
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | está | estate |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | terceira pessoa do verbo estar no presente do indicativo; indica condição temporária | verão |
Letter map: está vs estate
Shared letters muted; letters that set está and estate apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. está runs 4 letters (VCCV) against estate's 6 (VCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for está / estate
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: está is averb and estateanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32638, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
está is recorded at frequency rank #45, classified as averb. estate is at rank #32,593, tagged as anoun, pronounced /es.ˈta.te/..
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 32638, this pair ranks #35,108 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of está vs estate
Shared letters: est. Private to "está": á. Private to "estate": a.
"está" · 4 letters · shape VCCV · "estate" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- estate ← esatte · esstate · estaet · estatte · esttae · esttate · etsate · setate
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "está" for "estate" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "está" or "estate" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "está" and "estate".
- Full dictionary entry for "está" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "estate" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #35,108 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "está" and "estate" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "estate vs estrato". 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 #35,108 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.