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.
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
- sois ← osis · sios · soiss · sosi · ssois
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "sois" and "sus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "sois" or "sus"?
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.