Which to use
“será” is a verb and “suma” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #143
- “será” frequency rank
- #7,978
- “suma” frequency rank
- 8121
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | será | suma |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | terceira pessoa do singular do futuro do presente do indicativo do verbo ser | resumo |
Where the eye mixes será and suma
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.
Look-alike desk: será vs suma
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: será is /se.ˈɾa/ while suma is /ˈsu.mɐ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 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 8121, 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/. suma is at rank #7,978, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈsu.mɐ/.
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 8121, this pair ranks #65,771 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of será vs suma
Shared letters: s. Private to "será": erá. Private to "suma": amu.
"será" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "suma" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- suma ← smua · ssuma · suam · summa · usma
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "será" for "suma" ever safe?
Which is more common, "será" or "suma"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "será" and "suma" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "será" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suma" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #65,771 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "será" and "suma" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sudan vs suma". 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 #65,771 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.