Which to use
“sóbrio” is an adjective and “sódio” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,003
- “sóbrio” frequency rank
- #10,278
- “sódio” frequency rank
- 29281
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sóbrio | sódio |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | sério, discreto | elemento químico de símbolo Na, possui o número atômico 11 e massa atômica relativa de 22.989; é um metal alcalino, sólido na temperatura ambiente, com coloração branco prateado; é encontrado em grande quantidade na forma de cloreto de sódio (sal) nas águas marinhas; é a principal matéria-prima para obtenção de outros sais |
Letter map: sóbrio vs sódio
Shared letters muted; letters that set sóbrio and sódio apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. sóbrio runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against sódio's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for sóbrio / sódio
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sóbrio is anadjective and sódioanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29281, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sóbrio is recorded at frequency rank #19,003, classified as anadj. sódio is at rank #10,278, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈsɔdju/.
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 29281, this pair ranks #39,408 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sóbrio vs sódio
Shared letters: iosó. Private to "sóbrio": br. Private to "sódio": d.
"sóbrio" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "sódio" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do next
You've compared "sóbrio" and "sódio". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "sóbrio" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sódio" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #39,408 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sóbrio" and "sódio" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sódio vs soir". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #39,408 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.