sme vs su, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“sme” is a verb and “su” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#40,334
“sme” frequency rank: #6,713
“su” frequency rank: 47047
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	sme	su
Definition	primeira pessoa do plural do futuro do indicativo do verbo byť	dele

Letter map: sme vs su

Shared letters muted; letters that set sme and su apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch

sme

2 ch

Part-of-speech tell for sme / su

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sme is averb and suanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47047, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sme is recorded at frequency rank #40,334, classified as averb. su is at rank #6,713, 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 47047, this pair ranks #18,237 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of sme vs su

Shared letters: s. Private to "sme": em. Private to "su": u.

"sme" · 3 letters · shape CCV · "su" · 2 letters · shape CV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "sme" and "su" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sme" is a verb and "su" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "sme" vs "su" - which ranks higher?

"su" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,713 in our Portuguese list, against #40,334 for "sme". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "sme" and "su". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "sme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "su" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #18,237 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"sme" and "su" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sau vs sme". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #18,237 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.