seguevssequerWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: segue is a verb, sequer is an adverb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#1,178
“segue” frequency rank
#2,397
“sequer” frequency rank
3575
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature segue sequer
Definition sair, mudar discretamente de um estado ou assunto para outro; desviar pelo menos

Letter map: segue vs sequer

Shared letters muted; letters that set segue and sequer apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
segue
6 ch
sequer

Part-of-speech tell for segue / sequer

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: segue is averb and sequeranadverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3575, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

segue is recorded at frequency rank #1,178, classified as averb. sequer is at rank #2,397, tagged as anadv, pronounced /sɨ.ˈkɛɾ/.

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 3575, this pair ranks #71,544 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of segue vs sequer

Shared letters: esu. Private to "segue": g. Private to "sequer": qr.

"segue" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "sequer" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • segueesgue · segeu · seggue · seuge · sgeue · ssegue
  • sequeresquer · seqeur · seqquer · sequerr · sequre · seuqer · sqeuer · ssequer

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "segue" and "sequer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "segue" is a verb and "sequer" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "segue" or "sequer"?
"segue" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,178 in our Portuguese list, against #2,397 for "sequer". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "segue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sequer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #71,544 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "segue" and "sequer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sequela vs sequer". 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 #71,544 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