Which to use
“ship” and “sup” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,271
- “ship” frequency rank
- #25,150
- “sup” frequency rank
- 44421
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ship | sup |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | navio | abutre |
Where the eye mixes ship and sup
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: ship vs sup
A purely visual mix-up. ship (shĭp) and sup (/sʊp/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44421, 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. sup is at rank #25,150, tagged as anoun, pronounced /sʊp/.
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 44421, this pair ranks #21,065 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of ship vs sup
Shared letters: ps. Private to "ship": hi. Private to "sup": u.
"ship" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "sup" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- ship ← hsip · shhip · shipp · shpi · sihp · sship
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "ship" and "sup" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "ship" vs "sup" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "ship" and "sup" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "ship" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sup" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #21,065 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ship" and "sup" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soap vs sup". 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 #21,065 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.