Which to use
“sie” is a pronoun and “sois” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,788
- “sie” frequency rank
- #20,136
- “sois” frequency rank
- 60924
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sie | sois |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ela, pronome pessoal feminino do caso nominativo da terceira pessoa do singular: | segunda pessoa do plural do presente do indicativo do verbo ser |
Where the eye mixes sie and sois
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. sie runs 3 letters (CVV) against sois's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between sie and sois
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: sie is /zi:/ ouvir^(fonte ?) ouvir^(fonte ?) while sois is /ˈsojs/. 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 verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60924, 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 ?). sois is at rank #20,136, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈsojs/.
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 60924, this pair ranks #7,414 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of sie vs sois
Shared letters: is. Private to "sie": e. Private to "sois": o.
"sie" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "sois" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- sois ← osis · sios · soiss · sosi · ssois
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sie" and "sois" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "sie" vs "sois" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "sie" and "sois" 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 "sois" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #7,414 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sie" and "sois" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sau vs sie". 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 #7,414 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.