sitevssuiteConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#15,488
“site” frequency rank
#10,767
“suite” frequency rank
26255
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature site suite
Definition Emplazamiento. Departamento compuesto de cuartos conectados y diseñados para emplearse como una vivienda.

Where the eye mixes site and suite

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

4 ch
site
5 ch
suite

Why the eye confuses site with suite

A purely visual mix-up. site (/saɪt/) and suite ([ˈswit̪e]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26255, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

site is recorded at frequency rank #15,488, classified as anoun, pronounced /saɪt/. suite is at rank #10,767, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈswit̪e].

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 26255, this pair ranks #232,543 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of site vs suite

Shared letters: eist. Private to "site": -. Private to "suite": u.

"site" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "suite" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • siteiste · siet · sitte · ssite · stie
  • suitesiute · ssuite · suiet · suitte · sutie · usite

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "site" for "suite" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (/saɪt/ versus [ˈswit̪e]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "site" or "suite"?
"suite" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,767 in our Spanish list, against #15,488 for "site". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "site" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "suite" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #232,543 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "site" and "suite" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "site vs stem". 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 #232,543 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