Which to use
“sito” and “sujo” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,723
- “sito” frequency rank
- #4,959
- “sujo” frequency rank
- 35682
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sito | sujo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | situado | qualidade do que não está limpo |
Letter map: sito vs sujo
Shared letters muted; letters that set sito and sujo apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. sito and sujo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Corpus notes: sito and sujo
sito and sujo 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35682, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sito is recorded at frequency rank #30,723, classified as anadj. sujo is at rank #4,959, tagged as anadj.
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 35682, this pair ranks #31,342 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sito vs sujo
Shared letters: os. Private to "sito": it. Private to "sujo": ju.
"sito" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "sujo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sito" and "sujo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "sito" or "sujo" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "sito" and "sujo".
- Full dictionary entry for "sito" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sujo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #31,342 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sito" and "sujo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sire vs sito". 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 #31,342 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.