Which to use
“she” is a pronoun and “sua” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,962
- “she” frequency rank
- #32
- “sua” frequency rank
- 8994
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | she | sua |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | caso nominativo da terceira pessoa feminina do singular, ela. | que tem você como objeto |
Letter map: she vs sua
Shared letters muted; letters that set she and sua apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Part-of-speech tell for she / sua
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: she is apronoun and suaanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8994, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
she is recorded at frequency rank #8,962, classified as apron. 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 8994, this pair ranks #64,582 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of she vs sua
Shared letters: s. Private to "she": eh. Private to "sua": au.
"she" · 3 letters · shape CCV · "sua" · 3 letters · shape CVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "she" and "sua" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "she" or "sua" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "she" vs "sua" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "she" 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 #64,582 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "she" and "sua" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sau vs she". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #64,582 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.