Which to use
“site” and “sítio” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #301
- “site” frequency rank
- #1,908
- “sítio” frequency rank
- 2209
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | site | sítio |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ver saite, sítio | lugar; local; localidade; povoação |
Where the eye mixes site and sítio
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: site vs sítio
A purely visual mix-up. site (/ˈsaj.ʧi/) and sítio (/ˈsi.tju/) 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 2209, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
site is recorded at frequency rank #301, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈsaj.ʧi/. sítio is at rank #1,908, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈsi.tju/.
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 2209, this pair ranks #73,250 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of site vs sítio
Shared letters: ist. Private to "site": e. Private to "sítio": oí.
"site" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "sítio" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- site ← iste · siet · sitte · ssite · stie
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "site" and "sítio" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "site" or "sítio"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "site" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sítio" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #73,250 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "site" and "sítio" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sire vs site". 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 #73,250 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.