Which to use
“seção” is a noun and “sejam” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,496
- “seção” frequency rank
- #923
- “sejam” frequency rank
- 3419
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | seção | sejam |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | subdivisão de um capítulo, obra, tratado ou estudo | terceira pessoa do plural do presente do subjuntivo do verbo ser. |
Letter map: seção vs sejam
Shared letters muted; letters that set seção and sejam apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. seção (CVCVV) and sejam (CVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for seção / sejam
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: seção is anoun and sejamaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3419, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
seção is recorded at frequency rank #2,496, classified as anoun. sejam is at rank #923, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈse.ʒã/.
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 3419, this pair ranks #71,738 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of seção vs sejam
Shared letters: es. Private to "seção": oãç. Private to "sejam": ajm.
"seção" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "sejam" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- sejam ← esjam · seajm · sejamm · sejjam · sejma · sjeam · ssejam
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "seção" and "sejam" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "seção" or "sejam"?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "seção" and "sejam".
- Full dictionary entry for "seção" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sejam" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #71,738 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "seção" and "sejam" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "seção vs seno". 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 #71,738 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.