share vs sofre, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#14,236
“share” frequency rank: #3,108
“sofre” frequency rank: 17344
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	share	sofre
Definition	parte recebida, quinhão	terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo sofrer

Letter map: share vs sofre

Shared letters muted; letters that set share and sofre apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch

sofre

Grammar separator: share vs sofre

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: share is anoun and sofreaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17344, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

share is recorded at frequency rank #14,236, classified as anoun, pronounced /ʃɛɚ/. sofre is at rank #3,108, tagged as averb.

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 17344, this pair ranks #53,931 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of share vs sofre

Shared letters: ers. Private to "share": ah. Private to "sofre": fo.

"share" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV · "sofre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

share ← hsare · sahre · shaer · sharre · shhare · shrae · sshare
sofre ← osfre · sfore · sofer · soffre · sorfe · ssofre

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "share" and "sofre" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "share" is a noun and "sofre" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "share" or "sofre"?

"sofre" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,108 in our Portuguese list, against #14,236 for "share". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "share" vs "sofre" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

Full dictionary entry for "share" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "sofre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #53,931 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"share" and "sofre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "share vs sire". 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 #53,931 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.