showvssuorConfusable pair

Quick tell: show is a intj, suor is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“show” is an intj and “suor” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#778
“show” frequency rank
#10,091
“suor” frequency rank
10869
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature show suor
Definition expressa apreço líquido segregado pelas glândulas da pele

Letter map: show vs suor

Shared letters muted; letters that set show and suor apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
show
4 ch
suor

Role in the sentence - show and suor

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: show is anintj and suoranoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10869, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

show is recorded at frequency rank #778, classified as anintj. suor is at rank #10,091, tagged as anoun, pronounced /su.ˈɔɾ/.

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 10869, this pair ranks #62,111 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of show vs suor

Shared letters: os. Private to "show": hw. Private to "suor": ru.

"show" · 4 letters · shape CCVC  ·  "suor" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • showhsow · shhow · showw · shwo · sohw · sshow
  • suorsour · ssuor · suorr · suro · usor

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "show" and "suor" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "show" is an intj and "suor" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "show" or "suor"?
"show" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #778 in our Portuguese list, against #10,091 for "suor". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pair "show" vs "suor" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "show" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "suor" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #62,111 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "show" and "suor" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soir vs suor". 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 #62,111 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