see
/ˈseː/
The verdict
“see” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #8,391) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #8,391
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - cê (letra C ou c)
Corpus desk
Index PT-see · see · Portuguese
see · rank #8,391 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,391
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH sejamos
Nearest frequency peer: sejamos (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “see”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- retomar
retomar
91,617 corpus weight
- ronda
ronda
91,613 corpus weight
- see
see
91,610 corpus weight
- sejamos
sejamos
91,609 corpus weight
- soberano
soberano
91,607 corpus weight
- Sudão
Sudão
91,604 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “see” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | see |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈseː/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #8,391 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “see”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for see is neighbouring look-alikes ("só", "si", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ˈseː/. Frequency #8,391 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Gloss: "cê (letra C ou c)".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for see, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "só", "si", "su", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is see, spelled S-E-E.
Definition
- 1cê (letra C ou c)
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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