sufravssufrenWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: sufra is a noun, sufren is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“sufra” is a noun and “sufren” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#16,462
“sufra” frequency rank
#4,952
“sufren” frequency rank
21414
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sufra sufren
Definition Prestación personal. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de sufrir.

Where the eye mixes sufra and sufren

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

5 ch
sufra
6 ch
sufren

Look-alike desk: sufra vs sufren

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sufra is [ˈsufɾa] while sufren is [ˈsufɾẽn]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21414, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sufra is recorded at frequency rank #16,462, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈsufɾa]. sufren is at rank #4,952, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈsufɾẽn].

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 21414, this pair ranks #255,048 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of sufra vs sufren

Shared letters: frsu. Private to "sufra": a. Private to "sufren": en.

"sufra" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "sufren" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sufrasfura · ssufra · sufar · suffra · sufrra · surfa · usfra
  • sufrensfuren · ssufren · sufern · suffren · sufrenn · sufrne · sufrren · surfen

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "sufra" and "sufren" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sufra" is a noun and "sufren" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "sufra" vs "sufren" - which ranks higher?
"sufren" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,952 in our Spanish list, against #16,462 for "sufra". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "sufra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sufren" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #255,048 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sufra" and "sufren" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sufra vs Susa". 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 #255,048 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