Español homophones
su/xu
"su" is an adjective; "xu" is a noun - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #33 of 387 Spanish groups.
Data vintage
Grammar picks the spelling
Same sound, different grammar: "su" arrives as an adjective, while "xu" is a noun. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- No shared spelling stem: "su" is 2 letters, "xu" is 2; only the sound ties them.
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across su, xu: u. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
su
2 letters · 1 vowels · shape CV
Inventory su · private s
xu
2 letters · 1 vowels · shape CV
Inventory ux · private x
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "su" when you mean: Adjetivo posesivo de la tercera persona; de él, de ella, de ellos, de ellas.
- Write "xu" when you mean: Unidad monetaria de Vietnam, la centésima parte de un dong y décima de un hào.