Which to use
“nessa” and “nessas” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #524
- “nessa” frequency rank
- #3,274
- “nessas” frequency rank
- 3798
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | nessa | nessas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | contração da preposição em com o pronome demonstrativo essa | contração da preposição em com o pronome demonstrativo essas |
Where the eye mixes nessa and nessas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses nessa with nessas
A purely visual mix-up. nessa (/ˈnɛ.sɐ/) and nessas (/ˈnɛ.sɐʃ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “nessa” sits inside “nessas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3798, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
nessa is recorded at frequency rank #524, classified as acontraction, pronounced /ˈnɛ.sɐ/. nessas is at rank #3,274, tagged as acontraction, pronounced /ˈnɛ.sɐʃ/.
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 3798, this pair ranks #71,295 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of nessa vs nessas
Shared letters: aens. Private to "nessa": -. Private to "nessas": -.
"nessa" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "nessas" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "nessa" and "nessas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "nessa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "nessas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #71,295 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "nessa" and "nessas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nena vs nessa". 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 #71,295 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.