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

#44,466
“sua” frequency rank
#2,426
“suyo” frequency rank
46892
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sua suyo
Definition Forma del nominativo femenino singular de suus. Pronombre posesivo de tercera persona en género masculino y femenino y ambos números singular y plural.

Where the eye mixes sua and suyo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

3 ch
sua
4 ch
suyo

Look-alike desk: sua vs suyo

A purely visual mix-up. sua (/ˈsʷa/) and suyo ([ˈsuʝo]) 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 46892, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sua is recorded at frequency rank #44,466, classified as apron, pronounced /ˈsʷa/. suyo is at rank #2,426, tagged as apron, pronounced [ˈsuʝo].

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 46892, this pair ranks #123,144 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of sua vs suyo

Shared letters: su. Private to "sua": a. Private to "suyo": oy.

"sua" · 3 letters · shape CVV  ·  "suyo" · 4 letters · shape CVVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • suyossuyo · suoy · suyyo · syuo · usyo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "sua" and "suyo" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (/ˈsʷa/ versus [ˈsuʝo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "sua" vs "suyo" - which ranks higher?
"suyo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,426 in our Spanish list, against #44,466 for "sua". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "sua" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "suyo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #123,144 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sua" and "suyo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sila vs sua". 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 #123,144 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