serávssetTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#143
“será” frequency rank
#4,348
“set” frequency rank
4491
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature será set
Definition terceira pessoa do singular do futuro do presente do indicativo do verbo ser conjunto

Letter map: será vs set

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

4 ch
será
3 ch
set

Grammar separator: será vs set

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: será is averb and setanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4491, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

será is recorded at frequency rank #143, classified as averb, pronounced /se.ˈɾa/. set is at rank #4,348, 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 4491, this pair ranks #70,388 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of será vs set

Shared letters: es. Private to "será": . Private to "set": t.

"será" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "set" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "será" and "set" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "será" is a verb and "set" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "será" vs "set" - which ranks higher?
"será" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #143 in our Portuguese list, against #4,348 for "set". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "será" and "set".

  • Full dictionary entry for "será" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "set" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #70,388 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "será" and "set" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sau vs set". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #70,388 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