sogravssorryTell them apart

Quick tell: sogra is a noun, sorry is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“sogra” is a noun and “sorry” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#10,967
“sogra” frequency rank
#14,719
“sorry” frequency rank
25686
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sogra sorry
Definition mãe do(a) cônjuge expressa desculpas

Letter map: sogra vs sorry

Shared letters muted; letters that set sogra and sorry apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. sogra and sorry follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
sogra
5 ch
sorry

Role in the sentence - sogra and sorry

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sogra is anoun and sorryanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25686, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sogra is recorded at frequency rank #10,967, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈsɔ.ɡɾɐ/. sorry is at rank #14,719, 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 25686, this pair ranks #43,587 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of sogra vs sorry

Shared letters: ors. Private to "sogra": ag. Private to "sorry": y.

"sogra" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "sorry" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sogra ← osgra · sgora · sogar · soggra · sogrra · sorga · ssogra
  • sorry ← osrry · sorryy · sory · soryr · srory · ssorry

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "sogra" for "sorry" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sogra" is a noun and "sorry" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "sogra" or "sorry"?
"sogra" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,967 in our Portuguese list, against #14,719 for "sorry". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "sogra" vs "sorry" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sogra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sorry" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #43,587 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sogra" and "sorry" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soir vs sorry". 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 #43,587 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list