Which to use
“sec” is an adjective and “secos” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,268
- “sec” frequency rank
- #11,961
- “secos” frequency rank
- 31229
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sec | secos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | seco | gêneros alimentícios secos |
Letter map: sec vs secos
Shared letters muted; letters that set sec and secos apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for sec / secos
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sec is anadjective and secosanoun. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “sec” sits inside “secos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31229, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sec is recorded at frequency rank #19,268, classified as anadj, pronounced \sɛk\. secos is at rank #11,961, tagged as anoun.
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 31229, this pair ranks #36,922 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sec vs secos
Shared letters: ces. Private to "sec": -. Private to "secos": o.
"sec" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "secos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- secos ← escos · sceos · seccos · secoss · secso · seocs · ssecos
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "sec" and "secos" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "sec" or "secos" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "sec" and "secos".
- Full dictionary entry for "sec" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "secos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #36,922 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sec" and "secos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sau vs sec". 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 #36,922 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.