Which to use
“severas” and “severos” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,927
- “severas” frequency rank
- #23,821
- “severos” frequency rank
- 39748
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | severas | severos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | feminino plural de severo | plural de severo |
Same sound, different letters: severas vs severos
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: severas vs severos
This is the hard kind. severas and severos are pronounced identically (/se.ˈvɛ.ɾəs/) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - a in “severas” becomes o in “severos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39748, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
severas is recorded at frequency rank #15,927, classified as anadj, pronounced /se.ˈvɛ.ɾəs/. severos is at rank #23,821, tagged as anadj, pronounced /se.ˈvɛ.ɾəs/.
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 39748, this pair ranks #26,450 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of severas vs severos
Shared letters: ersv. Private to "severas": a. Private to "severos": o.
"severas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "severos" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "severas" for "severos" ever safe?
Which is more common, "severas" or "severos"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "severas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "severos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #26,450 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "severas" and "severos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "severa vs severos". 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 #26,450 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.