Which to use
“sejam” and “selar” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #923
- “sejam” frequency rank
- #26,893
- “selar” frequency rank
- 27816
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sejam | selar |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | terceira pessoa do plural do presente do subjuntivo do verbo ser. | pôr sela (em cavalo, por exemplo) |
Where the eye mixes sejam and selar
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses sejam with selar
A purely visual mix-up. sejam (/ˈse.ʒã/) and selar (/sɨ.ˈlaɾ/) 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 27816, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sejam is recorded at frequency rank #923, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈse.ʒã/. selar is at rank #26,893, tagged as averb, pronounced /sɨ.ˈlaɾ/.
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 27816, this pair ranks #41,111 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sejam vs selar
Shared letters: aes. Private to "sejam": jm. Private to "selar": lr.
"sejam" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "selar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sejam" and "selar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "sejam" or "selar"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "sejam" and "selar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "sejam" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "selar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #41,111 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sejam" and "selar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "selar vs selim". 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 #41,111 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.