segavssegueWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#31,553
“sega” frequency rank
#1,178
“segue” frequency rank
32731
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sega segue
Definition serra (instrumento usado para serrar, cortar) sair, mudar discretamente de um estado ou assunto para outro; desviar

Letter map: sega vs segue

Shared letters muted; letters that set sega and segue apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. sega runs 4 letters (CVCV) against segue's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
sega
5 ch
segue

Part-of-speech tell for sega / segue

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sega is anoun and segueaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32731, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sega is recorded at frequency rank #31,553, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈsɛ.ɡa/. 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 32731, this pair ranks #34,975 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of sega vs segue

Shared letters: egs. Private to "sega": a. Private to "segue": u.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sega ← esga · seag · segga · sgea · ssega
  • segue ← esgue · segeu · seggue · seuge · sgeue · ssegue

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "sega" and "segue" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sega" is a noun and "segue" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "sega" or "segue"?
"segue" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,178 in our Portuguese list, against #31,553 for "sega". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "sega" and "segue".

  • Full dictionary entry for "sega" 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 #34,975 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sega" and "segue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sega 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 #34,975 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