scorevssufreWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“score” and “sufre” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#35,251
“score” frequency rank
#3,963
“sufre” frequency rank
39214
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature score sufre
Definition Puntuación, nota. Azufre.

Where the eye mixes score and sufre

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
score
5 ch
sufre

Look-alike desk: score vs sufre

A purely visual mix-up. score (/skɔː/) and sufre ([ˈsufɾe]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39214, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

score is recorded at frequency rank #35,251, classified as anoun, pronounced /skɔː/. sufre is at rank #3,963, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈsufɾe].

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 39214, this pair ranks #165,795 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of score vs sufre

Shared letters: ers. Private to "score": co. Private to "sufre": fu.

"score" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "sufre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • scorecsore · sccore · scoer · scorre · scroe · socre · sscore
  • sufresfure · ssufre · sufer · suffre · sufrre · surfe · usfre

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "score" and "sufre" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (/skɔː/ versus [ˈsufɾe]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "score" vs "sufre" - which ranks higher?
"sufre" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,963 in our Spanish list, against #35,251 for "score". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "score" and "sufre" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "score" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sufre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #165,795 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "score" and "sufre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "score vs sure". 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 #165,795 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list