# Sousa

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #38,627

## Definitions
1. A surname from Portuguese.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese Sousa, from Old Galician-Portuguese Sousa.

## Easily confused with
- **Sus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sousa-vs-sus)
- **SSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sousa-vs-ssa)
- **soya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sousa-vs-soya)
- **Suga** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sousa-vs-suga)
- **sura** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sousa-vs-sura)
- **south** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sousa-vs-south)
- **Susan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sousa-vs-susan)
- **spouse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sousa-vs-spouse)
- **spousal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sousa-vs-spousal)
- **SOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sos-vs-sousa)
- **SoA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soa-vs-sousa)
- **sou** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sou-vs-sousa)
- **soul** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soul-vs-sousa)
- **sons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sons-vs-sousa)
- **soup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soup-vs-sousa)
- **soda** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soda-vs-sousa)
- **sour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sour-vs-sousa)
- **sofa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sofa-vs-sousa)
- **soma** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soma-vs-sousa)
- **sobs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sobs-vs-sousa)

## Common misspellings (6)
`osusa`, `sosua`, `souas`, `soussa`, `ssousa`, `suosa`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sousa