Which to use
“site” is a noun and “sme” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #301
- “site” frequency rank
- #40,334
- “sme” frequency rank
- 40635
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | site | sme |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ver saite, sítio | primeira pessoa do plural do futuro do indicativo do verbo byť |
Letter map: site vs sme
Shared letters muted; letters that set site and sme apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for site / sme
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: site is anoun and smeaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40635, 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/. sme is at rank #40,334, tagged as averb.
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 40635, this pair ranks #25,429 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of site vs sme
Shared letters: es. Private to "site": it. Private to "sme": m.
"site" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "sme" · 3 letters · shape CCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- site ← iste · siet · sitte · ssite · stie
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "site" for "sme" ever safe?
Which is more common, "site" or "sme"?
After this comparison
Pair "site" vs "sme" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "site" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sme" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,429 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "site" and "sme" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sau vs sme". 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 #25,429 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.