são vs seg, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“são” is an adjective and “seg” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#20,080
“são” frequency rank: #49,245
“seg” frequency rank: 69325
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	são	seg
Definition	gesund	sich

Letter map: são vs seg

Shared letters muted; letters that set são and seg apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. são (CVV) and seg (CVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

3 ch

são

3 ch

seg

Grammar separator: são vs seg

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: são is anadjective and segapronoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69325, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

são is recorded at frequency rank #20,080, classified as anadj, pronounced [sɐ̃w]. seg is at rank #49,245, tagged as apron, pronounced […].

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 69325, this pair ranks #480,021 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of são vs seg

Shared letters: s. Private to "são": oã. Private to "seg": eg.

"são" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "seg" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "são" for "seg" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "são" is an adjective and "seg" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "são" or "seg"?

"são" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,080 in our German list, against #49,245 for "seg". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "são" vs "seg" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

Full dictionary entry for "são" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "seg" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #480,021 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"são" and "seg" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs seg". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #480,021 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.