shevssuuWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#8,962
“she” frequency rank
#47,111
“suu” frequency rank
56073
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature she suu
Definition caso nominativo da terceira pessoa feminina do singular, ela. boca, cavidade oral

Letter map: she vs suu

Shared letters muted; letters that set she and suu apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. she (CCV) and suu (CVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

3 ch
she
3 ch
suu

Grammar separator: she vs suu

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: she is apronoun and suuanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56073, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

she is recorded at frequency rank #8,962, classified as apron. suu is at rank #47,111, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈsuː/.

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 56073, this pair ranks #10,196 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of she vs suu

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

"she" · 3 letters · shape CCV  ·  "suu" · 3 letters · shape CVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "she" and "suu" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "she" is a pronoun and "suu" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "she" vs "suu" - which ranks higher?
"she" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,962 in our Portuguese list, against #47,111 for "suu". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "she" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "suu" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #10,196 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "she" and "suu" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sau vs suu". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #10,196 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