Which to use
“soir” is a noun and “sós” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #47,619
- “soir” frequency rank
- #16,887
- “sós” frequency rank
- 64506
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | soir | sós |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | noite (período entre o anoitecer e a meia-noite) | plural de só |
Letter map: soir vs sós
Shared letters muted; letters that set soir and sós apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. soir runs 4 letters (CVVC) against sós's 3 (CVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for soir / sós
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: soir is anoun and sósanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64506, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
soir is recorded at frequency rank #47,619, classified as anoun, pronounced \swaʁ\. sós is at rank #16,887, 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 64506, this pair ranks #5,753 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of soir vs sós
Shared letters: s. Private to "soir": ior. Private to "sós": ó.
"soir" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "sós" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- soir ← osir · sior · soirr · sori · ssoir
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "soir" and "sós" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "soir" or "sós" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "soir" and "sós".
- Full dictionary entry for "soir" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sós" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #5,753 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "soir" and "sós" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soap vs soir". 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 #5,753 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.