sedevssheWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: sede is a noun, she is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#1,132
“sede” frequency rank
#8,962
“she” frequency rank
10094
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sede she
Definition local onde funciona uma organização caso nominativo da terceira pessoa feminina do singular, ela.

Letter map: sede vs she

Shared letters muted; letters that set sede and she apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
sede
3 ch
she

Role in the sentence - sede and she

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sede is anoun and sheapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10094, 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/. she is at rank #8,962, tagged as apron.

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 10094, this pair ranks #63,129 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of sede vs she

Shared letters: es. Private to "sede": d. Private to "she": h.

"sede" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "she" · 3 letters · shape CCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sedeesde · sdee · sedde · seed · ssede

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "sede" for "she" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sede" is a noun and "she" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "sede" or "she" show up more?
"sede" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,132 in our Portuguese list, against #8,962 for "she". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "sede" and "she".

  • Full dictionary entry for "sede" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "she" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #63,129 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sede" and "she" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sau vs she". 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 #63,129 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