soisvssusWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: sois is a verb, sus is an intj, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“sois” is a verb and “sus” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#20,136
“sois” frequency rank
#7,578
“sus” frequency rank
27714
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sois sus
Definition segunda pessoa do plural do presente do indicativo do verbo ser interjeição que demonstra impaciência (século XVI)

Letter map: sois vs sus

Shared letters muted; letters that set sois and sus apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
sois
3 ch
sus

Part-of-speech tell for sois / sus

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sois is averb and susanintj. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27714, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sois is recorded at frequency rank #20,136, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈsojs/. sus is at rank #7,578, tagged as anintj.

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 27714, this pair ranks #41,229 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of sois vs sus

Shared letters: s. Private to "sois": io. Private to "sus": u.

"sois" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "sus" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • soisosis · sios · soiss · sosi · ssois

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "sois" and "sus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sois" is a verb and "sus" an intj, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "sois" or "sus"?
"sus" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,578 in our Portuguese list, against #20,136 for "sois". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "sois" and "sus".

  • Full dictionary entry for "sois" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #41,229 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sois" and "sus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soap vs sois". 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 #41,229 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