sejavssuaWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: seja is a intj, sua is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#138
“seja” frequency rank
#32
“sua” frequency rank
170
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature seja sua
Definition designa consentimento que tem você como objeto

Letter map: seja vs sua

Shared letters muted; letters that set seja and sua apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
seja
3 ch
sua

Grammar separator: seja vs sua

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: seja is anintj and suaanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 170, 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/. sua is at rank #32, tagged as anadj.

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 170, this pair ranks #75,471 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of seja vs sua

Shared letters: as. Private to "seja": ej. Private to "sua": u.

"seja" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "sua" · 3 letters · shape CVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sejaesja · seaj · sejja · sjea · sseja

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "seja" for "sua" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "seja" is an intj and "sua" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "seja" vs "sua" - which ranks higher?
"sua" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32 in our Portuguese list, against #138 for "seja". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "seja" and "sua".

  • Full dictionary entry for "seja" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sua" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #75,471 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "seja" and "sua" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soap vs sua". 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 #75,471 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