sitovssuínoTell them apart

Which to use

“sito” and “suíno” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#30,723
“sito” frequency rank
#36,664
“suíno” frequency rank
67387
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sito suíno
Definition situado relacionado com os animais porcinos, do gênero Sus

Letter map: sito vs suíno

Shared letters muted; letters that set sito and suíno apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. sito runs 4 letters (CVCV) against suíno's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
sito
5 ch
suíno

Spelling & dictionary notes on sito vs suíno

sito and suíno are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67387, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sito is recorded at frequency rank #30,723, classified as anadj. suíno is at rank #36,664, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈswi.nu/.

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 67387, this pair ranks #4,638 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of sito vs suíno

Shared letters: os. Private to "sito": it. Private to "suíno": nuí.

"sito" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "suíno" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sito ← siot · sitto · ssito · stio

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "sito" and "suíno" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "sito" or "suíno"?
"sito" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,723 in our Portuguese list, against #36,664 for "suíno". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "sito" and "suíno".

  • Full dictionary entry for "sito" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "suíno" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #4,638 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sito" and "suíno" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sueño vs suíno". 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 #4,638 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