shevsSureWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: she is a pronoun, Sure is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#8,962
“she” frequency rank
#33,629
“Sure” frequency rank
42591
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature she Sure
Definition caso nominativo da terceira pessoa feminina do singular, ela. surata

Letter map: she vs Sure

Shared letters muted; letters that set she and Sure apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
she
4 ch
Sure

Grammar separator: she vs Sure

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: she is apronoun and Sureanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42591, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

she is recorded at frequency rank #8,962, classified as apron. Sure is at rank #33,629, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈzuːrə/.

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 42591, this pair ranks #23,164 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of she vs Sure

Shared letters: es. Private to "she": h. Private to "Sure": ru.

"she" · 3 letters · shape CCV  ·  "Sure" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Suresrue · ssure · suer · surre · usre

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "she" and "Sure" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "she" is a pronoun and "Sure" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "she" or "Sure" show up more?
"she" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,962 in our Portuguese list, against #33,629 for "Sure". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "she" vs "Sure" 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 "Sure" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #23,164 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "she" and "Sure" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sire vs Sure". 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 #23,164 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