Which to use
“Sofa” is a noun and “sofre” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,680
- “Sofa” frequency rank
- #3,108
- “sofre” frequency rank
- 45788
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Sofa | sofre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | sofá | terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo sofrer |
Letter map: Sofa vs sofre
Shared letters muted; letters that set Sofa and sofre apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for Sofa / sofre
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Sofa is anoun and sofreaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45788, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Sofa is recorded at frequency rank #42,680, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈzoːfa/ ouvir^(fonte ?). sofre is at rank #3,108, 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 45788, this pair ranks #19,600 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Sofa vs sofre
Shared letters: fos. Private to "Sofa": a. Private to "sofre": er.
"Sofa" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "sofre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "Sofa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sofre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #19,600 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Sofa" and "sofre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soap vs Sofa". 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 #19,600 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.