sie

/zi:/ ouvir^(fonte ?) ouvir^(fonte ?)

//zi:/ ouvir^(fonte ?) ouvir^(fonte ?)/ pron

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The verdict

“sie” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #40,788) as a pronoun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#40,788
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ela, pronome pessoal feminino do caso nominativo da terceira pessoa do singular:

Corpus desk

Index PT-sie · sie · Portuguese

sie · rank #40,788 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,788
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH tchê

Nearest frequency peer: tchê (+15 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 “sie”

Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo

corpus weight

What this shows As barras situam “sie” 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).

sie vs só
33% similar
sie vs su
33% similar
sie vs SW
0% similar

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

Key facts for sie
PropertyValue
Headwordsie
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPronoun
IPA/zi:/ ouvir^(fonte ?) ouvir^(fonte ?)
Letters3
Frequency rank#40,788
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “sie”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).siecai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “tchê” (#40,803), “rogo” (#40,771), “tordo” (#40,815). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “sie” fica em #40,788. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for sie is neighbouring look-alikes ("só", "su", …), not just typos; it is apronoun pronounced /zi:/ ouvir^(fonte ?) ouvir^(fonte ?). Frequency #40,788 among 1,185 “S” headwords. 4 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

sie doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "só", "su", "SW", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is sie, spelled S-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    ela, pronome pessoal feminino do caso nominativo da terceira pessoa do singular:
  2. 2
    a, ela, pronome pessoal feminino do caso acusativo da terceira pessoa do singular:
  3. 3
    eles, elas, pronome pessoal do caso nominativo da terceira pessoa do plural:
  4. 4
    os, as, eles, elas, pronome pessoal do caso acusativo da terceira pessoa do plural:

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sie ist froh!
  2. Das ist meine Schokolade, gib sie mir!

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 "sie"?
"sie" is spelled S-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is /zi:/ ouvir^(fonte ?) ouvir^(fonte ?).
What does "sie" mean?
As a pronoun, "sie" means: ela, pronome pessoal feminino do caso nominativo da terceira pessoa do singular:
What words are commonly confused with "sie"?
"sie" is commonly confused with "só", "su", "SW". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "sie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sie" is /zi:/ ouvir^(fonte ?) ouvir^(fonte ?). Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sie" come from?
"sie" 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?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

wee#40,851omo#40,711atl#40,900ger#40,592

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list