su
The verdict
“su” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #6,713) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #6,713
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,185
- “S” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dele
Corpus desk
Index PT-su · su · Portuguese
su · rank #6,713 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #6,713
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,185
- PHOTO-FINISH sorvete
Nearest frequency peer: sorvete (-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.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “su”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- service
service
93,294 corpus weight
- sinopse
sinopse
93,293 corpus weight
- solidão
solidão
93,291 corpus weight
- sorvete
sorvete
93,290 corpus weight
- su
su
93,288 corpus weight
- terço
terço
93,285 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “su” 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 | su |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #6,713 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “su”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for su is neighbouring look-alikes ("SW", "sua", …), not just typos; it is anadjective. Frequency #6,713 among 1,185 “S” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for su, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "SW", "sua", "sus", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is su, spelled S-U.
Definition
- 1dele
- 2seu
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how su appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mi casa es su casa.
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.