sede vs segue, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“sede” is a noun and “segue” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,132
“sede” frequency rank: #1,178
“segue” frequency rank: 2310
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	sede	segue
Definition	local onde funciona uma organização	sair, mudar discretamente de um estado ou assunto para outro; desviar

Letter map: sede vs segue

Shared letters muted; letters that set sede and segue apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch

sede

5 ch

segue

Grammar separator: sede vs segue

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sede is anoun and segueaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2310, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sede is recorded at frequency rank #1,132, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈsɛ.ʤɪ/. segue is at rank #1,178, tagged as averb.

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 2310, this pair ranks #73,113 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of sede vs segue

Shared letters: es. Private to "sede": d. Private to "segue": gu.

"sede" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "segue" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

sede ← esde · sdee · sedde · seed · ssede
segue ← esgue · segeu · seggue · seuge · sgeue · ssegue

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "sede" and "segue" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sede" is a noun and "segue" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "sede" or "segue"?

"sede" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,132 in our Portuguese list, against #1,178 for "segue". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "sede" and "segue". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "sede" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "segue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #73,113 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"sede" and "segue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sede 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 #73,113 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.