sad vs sua, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“sad” and “sua” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#13,385
“sad” frequency rank: #32
“sua” frequency rank: 13417
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	sad	sua
Definition	triste	que tem você como objeto

Letter map: sad vs sua

Shared letters muted; letters that set sad and sua apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch

sad

3 ch

sua

Corpus notes: sad and sua

sad and sua 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13417, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sad is recorded at frequency rank #13,385, classified as anadj, pronounced /sæd/. sua is at rank #32, tagged as anadj.

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 13417, this pair ranks #58,933 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of sad vs sua

Shared letters: as. Private to "sad": d. Private to "sua": u.

"sad" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "sua" · 3 letters · shape CVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "sad" and "sua" be used interchangeably?

No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.

Frequency check: "sad" vs "sua" - which ranks higher?

"sua" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32 in our Portuguese list, against #13,385 for "sad". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pair "sad" vs "sua" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

Full dictionary entry for "sad" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "sua" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #58,933 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"sad" and "sua" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sad vs soap". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #58,933 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.