Which to use
“seara” and “sela” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,819
- “seara” frequency rank
- #24,788
- “sela” frequency rank
- 48607
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | seara | sela |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | campo de cereais | espécie de assento, geralmente feito de couro, amarrado em volta do corpo do cavalo para facilitar a montaria |
Where the eye mixes seara and sela
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. seara runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against sela's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: seara vs sela
A purely visual mix-up. seara (/ˈsja.ɾɐ/) and sela (/ˈsɛ.lə/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48607, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
seara is recorded at frequency rank #23,819, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈsja.ɾɐ/. sela is at rank #24,788, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈsɛ.lə/.
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 48607, this pair ranks #16,567 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of seara vs sela
Shared letters: aes. Private to "seara": r. Private to "sela": l.
"seara" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "sela" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "seara" and "sela" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "seara" or "sela" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "seara" and "sela" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "seara" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sela" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #16,567 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "seara" and "sela" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sela vs senda". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #16,567 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.