Which to use
“sereia” is a noun and “sereis” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,967
- “sereia” frequency rank
- #42,212
- “sereis” frequency rank
- 54179
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sereia | sereis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ser mitológico, metade peixe, metade mulher, cujo canto atraía navegantes para o fundo do mar | segunda pessoa do plural do futuro do presente do indicativo do verbo ser. |
Letter map: sereia vs sereis
Shared letters muted; letters that set sereia and sereis apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. sereia (CVCVVV) and sereis (CVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for sereia / sereis
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sereia is anoun and sereisaverb. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “sereia” becomes s in “sereis”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54179, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sereia is recorded at frequency rank #11,967, classified as anoun. sereis is at rank #42,212, tagged as averb, pronounced /se.ˈɾejs/.
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 54179, this pair ranks #11,471 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of sereia vs sereis
Shared letters: eirs. Private to "sereia": a. Private to "sereis": -.
"sereia" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV · "sereis" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sereia" and "sereis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "sereia" or "sereis" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "sereia" and "sereis".
- Full dictionary entry for "sereia" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sereis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #11,471 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sereia" and "sereis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sereis 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 #11,471 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.