seevssegueTell them apart

Quick tell: see is a noun, segue is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#8,391
“see” frequency rank
#1,178
“segue” frequency rank
9569
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature see segue
Definition cê (letra C ou c) sair, mudar discretamente de um estado ou assunto para outro; desviar

Letter map: see vs segue

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

3 ch
see
5 ch
segue

Part-of-speech tell for see / segue

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: see is anoun and segueaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9569, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

see is recorded at frequency rank #8,391, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈseː/. 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 9569, this pair ranks #63,815 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of see vs segue

Shared letters: es. Private to "see": -. Private to "segue": gu.

"see" · 3 letters · shape CVV  ·  "segue" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • segueesgue · segeu · seggue · seuge · sgeue · ssegue

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "see" and "segue" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "see" is a noun and "segue" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "see" or "segue"?
"segue" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,178 in our Portuguese list, against #8,391 for "see". 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 "see" and "segue".

  • Full dictionary entry for "see" 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 #63,815 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "see" and "segue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sau vs see". 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 #63,815 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