sejavssextaWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: seja is a intj, sexta is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“seja” is an intj and “sexta” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#138
“seja” frequency rank
#796
“sexta” frequency rank
934
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature seja sexta
Definition designa consentimento o mesmo que sexta-feira

Letter map: seja vs sexta

Shared letters muted; letters that set seja and sexta apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
seja
5 ch
sexta

Role in the sentence - seja and sexta

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: seja is anintj and sextaanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 934, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

seja is recorded at frequency rank #138, classified as anintj, pronounced /ˈse.ʒə/. sexta is at rank #796, tagged as anoun.

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 934, this pair ranks #74,695 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of seja vs sexta

Shared letters: aes. Private to "seja": j. Private to "sexta": tx.

"seja" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "sexta" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sejaesja · seaj · sejja · sjea · sseja
  • sextaesxta · setxa · sexat · sextta · sexxta · ssexta · sxeta

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "seja" for "sexta" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "seja" is an intj and "sexta" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "seja" vs "sexta" - which ranks higher?
"seja" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #138 in our Portuguese list, against #796 for "sexta". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "seja" and "sexta". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "seja" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sexta" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #74,695 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "seja" and "sexta" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "senda vs sexta". 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 #74,695 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