soluçovssucoTell them apart

Which to use

“soluço” and “suco” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#28,035
“soluço” frequency rank
#4,860
“suco” frequency rank
32895
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature soluço suco
Definition inalação rápida e involuntária de ar que acompanha um espasmo do diafragma e é repentinamente interrompida pelo fechamento da glote, produzindo um som agudo e curto líquido retirado da parte carnuda de uma fruta, de algum animal ou de algum vegetal

Letter map: soluço vs suco

Shared letters muted; letters that set soluço and suco apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

6 ch
soluço
4 ch
suco

Spelling & dictionary notes on soluço vs suco

soluço and suco are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32895, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

soluço is recorded at frequency rank #28,035, classified as anoun. suco is at rank #4,860, tagged as anoun.

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 32895, this pair ranks #34,763 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of soluço vs suco

Shared letters: osu. Private to "soluço": . Private to "suco": c.

"soluço" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "suco" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sucoscuo · ssuco · succo · suoc · usco

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "soluço" and "suco" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "soluço" vs "suco" - which ranks higher?
"suco" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,860 in our Portuguese list, against #28,035 for "soluço". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "soluço" vs "suco" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "soluço" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "suco" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #34,763 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "soluço" and "suco" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soldo vs soluço". 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 #34,763 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