Which to use
“sabiá” and “sutiã” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,475
- “sabiá” frequency rank
- #12,780
- “sutiã” frequency rank
- 51255
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sabiá | sutiã |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | pássaro canoro do Brasil | peça do vestuário feminino que serve para dar suporte, modelar ou cobrir os seios |
Letter map: sabiá vs sutiã
Shared letters muted; letters that set sabiá and sutiã apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. sabiá and sutiã follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Pair insight - sabiá / sutiã
sabiá and sutiã are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51255, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sabiá is recorded at frequency rank #38,475, classified as anoun. sutiã is at rank #12,780, tagged as anoun, pronounced /su.tʃi.ˈɐ̃/, /su.ˈt͡ʃjɐ̃/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 51255, this pair ranks #13,753 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of sabiá vs sutiã
Shared letters: is. Private to "sabiá": abá. Private to "sutiã": tuã.
"sabiá" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "sutiã" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "sabiá" and "sutiã".
- Full dictionary entry for "sabiá" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sutiã" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #13,753 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sabiá" and "sutiã" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sabiá vs sanita". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #13,753 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.