sejasvsseresConfusable pair

Quick tell: sejas is a verb, seres is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“sejas” is a verb and “seres” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#17,913
“sejas” frequency rank
#2,119
“seres” frequency rank
20032
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sejas seres
Definition segunda pessoa do singular do presente do subjuntivo do verbo ser. plural de ser

Where the eye mixes sejas and seres

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. sejas and seres follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
sejas
5 ch
seres

Why the eye confuses sejas with seres

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sejas is /ˈse.ʒəs/ while seres is /ˈse.ɾis/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20032, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sejas is recorded at frequency rank #17,913, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈse.ʒəs/. seres is at rank #2,119, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈse.ɾis/.

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 20032, this pair ranks #50,580 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of sejas vs seres

Shared letters: es. Private to "sejas": aj. Private to "seres": r.

"sejas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "seres" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sejas ← esjas · seajs · sejass · sejjas · sejsa · sjeas · ssejas
  • seres ← esres · seers · seress · serres · serse · srees · sseres

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "sejas" and "seres" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sejas" is a verb and "seres" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "sejas" or "seres"?
"seres" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,119 in our Portuguese list, against #17,913 for "sejas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "sejas" and "seres" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sejas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "seres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #50,580 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sejas" and "seres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sejas vs serias". 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 #50,580 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