Which to use
“seção” and “suco” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,496
- “seção” frequency rank
- #4,860
- “suco” frequency rank
- 7356
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | seção | suco |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | subdivisão de um capítulo, obra, tratado ou estudo | líquido retirado da parte carnuda de uma fruta, de algum animal ou de algum vegetal |
Letter map: seção vs suco
Shared letters muted; letters that set seção and suco apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. seção runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against suco's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Spelling & dictionary notes on seção vs suco
seção 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7356, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
seção is recorded at frequency rank #2,496, classified as anoun. 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 7356, this pair ranks #66,789 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of seção vs suco
Shared letters: os. Private to "seção": eãç. Private to "suco": cu.
"seção" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "suco" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- suco ← scuo · ssuco · succo · suoc · usco
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "seção" and "suco" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "seção" or "suco" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "seção" and "suco". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "seção" 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 #66,789 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "seção" 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 #66,789 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.