sofre vs source, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“sofre” is a verb and “source” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,108
“sofre” frequency rank: #12,343
“source” frequency rank: 15451
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	sofre	source
Definition	terceira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo sofrer	fonte, origem

Letter map: sofre vs source

Shared letters muted; letters that set sofre and source apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch

sofre

6 ch

source

Grammar separator: sofre vs source

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sofre is averb and sourceanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15451, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sofre is recorded at frequency rank #3,108, classified as averb. source is at rank #12,343, tagged as anoun, pronounced /sɔɹs/.

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 15451, this pair ranks #56,362 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of sofre vs source

Shared letters: eors. Private to "sofre": f. Private to "source": cu.

"sofre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "source" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

sofre ← osfre · sfore · sofer · soffre · sorfe · ssofre
source ← osurce · soruce · soucre · sourcce · sourec · sourrce · ssource · suorce

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "sofre" for "source" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sofre" is a verb and "source" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "sofre" or "source"?

"sofre" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,108 in our Portuguese list, against #12,343 for "source". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "sofre" and "source". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "sofre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "source" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #56,362 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"sofre" and "source" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sire vs sofre". 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 #56,362 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.