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Which to use

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

#2,805
“seca” frequency rank
#4,860
“suco” frequency rank
7665
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature seca suco
Definition período sem chuva líquido retirado da parte carnuda de uma fruta, de algum animal ou de algum vegetal

Letter map: seca vs suco

Shared letters muted; letters that set seca and suco apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
seca
4 ch
suco

Corpus notes: seca and suco

seca and suco 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 7665, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

seca is recorded at frequency rank #2,805, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈsɛ.kɐ/. suco is at rank #4,860, 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 7665, this pair ranks #66,427 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of seca vs suco

Shared letters: cs. Private to "seca": ae. Private to "suco": ou.

"seca" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "suco" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • secaesca · scea · seac · secca · sseca
  • sucoscuo · ssuco · succo · suoc · usco

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "seca" for "suco" ever safe?
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.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "seca" or "suco" show up more?
"seca" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,805 in our Portuguese list, against #4,860 for "suco". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "seca" and "suco". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "seca" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "suco" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #66,427 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "seca" and "suco" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "suco vs sueño". 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 #66,427 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list