shevssusWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: she is a pronoun, sus is an intj, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#8,962
“she” frequency rank
#7,578
“sus” frequency rank
16540
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature she sus
Definition caso nominativo da terceira pessoa feminina do singular, ela. interjeição que demonstra impaciência (século XVI)

Letter map: she vs sus

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

3 ch
she
3 ch
sus

Grammar separator: she vs sus

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: she is apronoun and susanintj. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16540, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

she is recorded at frequency rank #8,962, classified as apron. sus is at rank #7,578, tagged as anintj.

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 16540, this pair ranks #54,966 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of she vs sus

Shared letters: s. Private to "she": eh. Private to "sus": u.

"she" · 3 letters · shape CCV  ·  "sus" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "she" and "sus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "she" is a pronoun and "sus" an intj, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "she" or "sus" show up more?
"sus" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,578 in our Portuguese list, against #8,962 for "she". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "she" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #54,966 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "she" and "sus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sau vs she". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #54,966 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