seu
The verdict
“seu” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #31) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #31
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - senhor
Corpus desk
Index PT-seu · seu · Portuguese
seu · rank #31 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #31
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH ser
Nearest frequency peer: ser (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “seu”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- me
me
99,973 corpus weight
- você
você
99,972 corpus weight
- ser
ser
99,971 corpus weight
- seu
seu
99,970 corpus weight
- sua
sua
99,969 corpus weight
- tem
tem
99,968 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “seu” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | seu |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #31 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “seu” sits in Portuguese frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for seu is neighbouring look-alikes ("só", "si", …), not just typos; it is anoun. Frequency #31 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Gloss: "senhor".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for seu, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. 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.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is seu, spelled S-E-U.
Definition
- 1senhor
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how seu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Na foto já amarelada, seu Luís e dona Antônia, e seus três primeiros filhos, Laura, Beatriz e Vinícius.
This word in other languages
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "seu", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.