Which to use
“sie” is a pronoun and “soir” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,788
- “sie” frequency rank
- #47,619
- “soir” frequency rank
- 88407
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sie | soir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ela, pronome pessoal feminino do caso nominativo da terceira pessoa do singular: | noite (período entre o anoitecer e a meia-noite) |
Where the eye mixes sie and soir
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. sie runs 3 letters (CVV) against soir's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: sie vs soir
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sie is /zi:/ ouvir^(fonte ?) ouvir^(fonte ?) while soir is \swaʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (pronoun vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88407, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sie is recorded at frequency rank #40,788, classified as apron, pronounced /zi:/ ouvir^(fonte ?) ouvir^(fonte ?). soir is at rank #47,619, tagged as anoun, pronounced \swaʁ\.
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 88407, this pair ranks #404 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of sie vs soir
Shared letters: is. Private to "sie": e. Private to "soir": or.
"sie" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "soir" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- soir ← osir · sior · soirr · sori · ssoir
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "sie" for "soir" ever safe?
Frequency check: "sie" vs "soir" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "sie" and "soir" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "sie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "soir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #404 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sie" and "soir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soap vs soir". 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 #404 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.