seevssuuConfusable pair

Which to use

“see” and “suu” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#8,391
“see” frequency rank
#47,111
“suu” frequency rank
55502
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature see suu
Definition cê (letra C ou c) boca, cavidade oral

Where the eye mixes see and suu

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.

3 ch
see
3 ch
suu

Look-alike desk: see vs suu

A purely visual mix-up. see (/ˈseː/) and suu (/ˈsuː/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55502, 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/. suu is at rank #47,111, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈsuː/.

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 55502, this pair ranks #10,554 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of see vs suu

Shared letters: s. Private to "see": e. Private to "suu": u.

"see" · 3 letters · shape CVV  ·  "suu" · 3 letters · shape CVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "see" and "suu" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/ˈseː/ versus /ˈsuː/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "see" or "suu"?
"see" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,391 in our Portuguese list, against #47,111 for "suu". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "see" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "suu" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #10,554 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "see" and "suu" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sau vs suu". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #10,554 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