shevssiWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“she” and “si” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#8,962
“she” frequency rank
#482
“si” frequency rank
9444
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature she si
Definition caso nominativo da terceira pessoa feminina do singular, ela. refere-se à terceira pessoa, indica reflexividade e é usado após preposição (a, de, em, contra, sobre, por, etc., exceto com)

Letter map: she vs si

Shared letters muted; letters that set she and si apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
she
2 ch
si

Spelling & dictionary notes on she vs si

she and si are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9444, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

she is recorded at frequency rank #8,962, classified as apron. si is at rank #482, tagged as apron, pronounced /ˈsi/.

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 9444, this pair ranks #63,987 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of she vs si

Shared letters: s. Private to "she": eh. Private to "si": i.

"she" · 3 letters · shape CCV  ·  "si" · 2 letters · shape CV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "she" and "si" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "she" vs "si" - which ranks higher?
"si" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #482 in our Portuguese list, against #8,962 for "she". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

You've compared "she" and "si". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "she" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "si" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #63,987 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "she" and "si" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sau vs she". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #63,987 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