sinvssiteConfusable pair

Quick tell: sin is a pronoun, site is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“sin” is a pronoun and “site” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#8,687
“sin” frequency rank
#301
“site” frequency rank
8988
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sin site
Definition aquilo, aquele ver saite, sítio

Letter map: sin vs site

Shared letters muted; letters that set sin and site apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
sin
4 ch
site

Grammar separator: sin vs site

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sin is apronoun and siteanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8988, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sin is recorded at frequency rank #8,687, classified as apron. site is at rank #301, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈsaj.ʧi/.

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 8988, this pair ranks #64,599 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of sin vs site

Shared letters: is. Private to "sin": n. Private to "site": et.

"sin" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "site" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • siteiste · siet · sitte · ssite · stie

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "sin" and "site" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sin" is a pronoun and "site" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "sin" or "site" show up more?
"site" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #301 in our Portuguese list, against #8,687 for "sin". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "sin" and "site".

  • Full dictionary entry for "sin" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "site" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #64,599 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sin" and "site" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sau vs sin". 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 #64,599 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