setavssuaWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: seta is a noun, sua is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“seta” is a noun and “sua” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#18,453
“seta” frequency rank
#32
“sua” frequency rank
18485
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature seta sua
Definition flecha que tem você como objeto

Letter map: seta vs sua

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

4 ch
seta
3 ch
sua

Grammar separator: seta vs sua

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: seta is anoun and suaanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18485, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

seta is recorded at frequency rank #18,453, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈsɛ.tɐ/. sua is at rank #32, tagged as anadj.

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 18485, this pair ranks #52,492 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of seta vs sua

Shared letters: as. Private to "seta": et. Private to "sua": u.

"seta" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "sua" · 3 letters · shape CVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • setaesta · setta · sseta · stea

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "seta" and "sua" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "seta" is a noun and "sua" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "seta" vs "sua" - which ranks higher?
"sua" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32 in our Portuguese list, against #18,453 for "seta". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pair "seta" vs "sua" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "seta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sua" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #52,492 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "seta" and "sua" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "senda vs seta". 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 #52,492 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