sharevssufreWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#23,231
“share” frequency rank
#3,963
“sufre” frequency rank
27194
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature share sufre
Definition Parte. Azufre.

Where the eye mixes share and sufre

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

5 ch
share
5 ch
sufre

Look-alike desk: share vs sufre

A purely visual mix-up. share (/ʃɛə/) 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 27194, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

share is recorded at frequency rank #23,231, classified as anoun, pronounced /ʃɛə/. 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 27194, this pair ranks #228,020 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of share vs sufre

Shared letters: ers. Private to "share": ah. Private to "sufre": fu.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sharehsare · sahre · shaer · sharre · shhare · shrae · sshare
  • sufresfure · ssufre · sufer · suffre · sufrre · surfe · usfre

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "share" for "sufre" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/ʃɛə/ versus [ˈsufɾe]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "share" or "sufre"?
"sufre" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,963 in our Spanish list, against #23,231 for "share". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "share" 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 #228,020 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "share" and "sufre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "shall vs share". 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 #228,020 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