Which to use
“sejamos” is a verb and “sésamo” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,392
- “sejamos” frequency rank
- #40,349
- “sésamo” frequency rank
- 48741
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sejamos | sésamo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | primeira pessoa do plural do presente do subjuntivo do verbo ser. | sésamo |
Where the eye mixes sejamos and sésamo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. sejamos runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against sésamo's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between sejamos and sésamo
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sejamos is /se.ˈʒa.mus/ while sésamo is /ˈsɛsa̝mo̝/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48741, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sejamos is recorded at frequency rank #8,392, classified as averb, pronounced /se.ˈʒa.mus/. sésamo is at rank #40,349, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈsɛsa̝mo̝/.
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 48741, this pair ranks #16,408 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of sejamos vs sésamo
Shared letters: amos. Private to "sejamos": ej. Private to "sésamo": é.
"sejamos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "sésamo" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- sejamos ← esjamos · seajmos · sejammos · sejamoss · sejamso · sejaoms · sejjamos · sejmaos
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sejamos" and "sésamo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "sejamos" or "sésamo" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "sejamos" and "sésamo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "sejamos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sésamo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #16,408 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sejamos" and "sésamo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sésamo vs sismo". 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 #16,408 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.