segue

verb

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The verdict

“segue” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,178. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,178
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sair, mudar discretamente de um estado ou assunto para outro; desviar

Corpus desk

Index PT-segue · segue · Portuguese

segue · rank #1,178 · 6 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,178
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH proteção

Nearest frequency peer: proteção (-2 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “segue”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “segue” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

segue vs seu
60% similar
segue vs sue
60% similar
segue vs sete
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for segue
PropertyValue
Headwordsegue
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,178
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “segue”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.seguecai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “proteção” (#1,176), “sozinho” (#1,180), “pro” (#1,173). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “segue” fica em #1,178. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around segue, averb. Corpus frequency is #1,178 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for segue, with forms such as "esgue", "segeu", and "seggue". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "seu", "sue", "sete", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is segue, spelled S-E-G-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    sair, mudar discretamente de um estado ou assunto para outro; desviar
  2. 2
    fazer uma transição de um tema para outro; mudar

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how segue appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. I can tell she's going to segue from our conversation about school to the topic of marriage.
  2. Beethoven's symphonies effortlessly segue from one theme to the next.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • esgue
  • segeu
  • seggue
  • seuge
  • sgeue
  • ssegue

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of segue - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

esgue2segeu2seggue1seuge2sgeue2ssegue1
Edit distance from "segue"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "segue"?
"segue" is spelled S-E-G-U-E.
What does "segue" mean?
As a verb, "segue" means: sair, mudar discretamente de um estado ou assunto para outro; desviar
What words are commonly confused with "segue"?
"segue" is commonly confused with "seu", "sue", "sete". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "segue" come from?
"segue" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "segue", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

David#1,164andar#1,159rosto#1,199saída#1,201

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

caixa6 variantspraça6 variantsrock6 variantsamiga6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list