she

pron

The verdict

“she” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #8,962) as a pronoun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#8,962
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - caso nominativo da terceira pessoa feminina do singular, ela.

Corpus desk

Index PT-she · she · Portuguese

she · rank #8,962 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,962
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH sexualmente

Nearest frequency peer: sexualmente (-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 “she”

Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo

corpus weight

What this shows As barras situam “she” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.

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).

she vs só
33% similar
she vs si
33% similar
she vs su
33% similar

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

Key facts for she
PropertyValue
Headwordshe
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPronoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#8,962
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “she”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).shecai 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 “sexualmente” (#8,961), “significativamente” (#8,963), “sena” (#8,959). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “she” fica em #8,962. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for she is neighbouring look-alikes ("só", "si", …), not just typos; it is apronoun. Frequency #8,962 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Gloss: "caso nominativo da terceira pessoa feminina do singular, ela.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for she, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is she, spelled S-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    caso nominativo da terceira pessoa feminina do singular, ela.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. She is so happy!

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 "she"?
"she" is spelled S-H-E.
What does "she" mean?
As a pronoun, "she" means: caso nominativo da terceira pessoa feminina do singular, ela.
What words are commonly confused with "she"?
"she" is commonly confused with "só", "si", "su". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "she" come from?
"she" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list