she vs só, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“she” is a pronoun and “só” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#8,962
“she” frequency rank: #50
“só” frequency rank: 9012
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	she	só
Definition	caso nominativo da terceira pessoa feminina do singular, ela.	solitário, sem companhia, sem círculo social

Letter map: she vs só

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

3 ch

she

2 ch

só

Grammar separator: she vs só

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: she is apronoun and sóanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9012, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

she is recorded at frequency rank #8,962, classified as apron. só is at rank #50, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈsɔ/.

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 9012, this pair ranks #64,564 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of she vs só

Shared letters: s. Private to "she": eh. Private to "só": ó.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "she" and "só" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "she" is a pronoun and "só" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary Portuguese text, does "she" or "só" show up more?

"só" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #50 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

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "she" and "só".

Full dictionary entry for "she" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "só" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #64,564 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"she" and "só" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sau vs she". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #64,564 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.