Which to use
“ship” is a noun and “sin” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,271
- “ship” frequency rank
- #8,687
- “sin” frequency rank
- 27958
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ship | sin |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | navio | aquilo, aquele |
Letter map: ship vs sin
Shared letters muted; letters that set ship and sin apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Grammar separator: ship vs sin
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ship is anoun and sinapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27958, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ship is recorded at frequency rank #19,271, classified as anoun, pronounced shĭp. sin is at rank #8,687, tagged as apron.
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 27958, this pair ranks #40,950 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ship vs sin
Shared letters: is. Private to "ship": hp. Private to "sin": n.
"ship" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "sin" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- ship ← hsip · shhip · shipp · shpi · sihp · sship
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "ship" for "sin" ever safe?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "ship" or "sin" show up more?
What to do next
Pair "ship" vs "sin" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "ship" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sin" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #40,950 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ship" and "sin" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ship vs soap". 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 #40,950 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.