somarvssujarTell them apart

Which to use

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

#11,551
“somar” frequency rank
#17,647
“sujar” frequency rank
29198
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature somar sujar
Definition encontrar o resultado de uma soma; executar a operação aritmética da adição tornar sujo, especialmente na superfície

Letter map: somar vs sujar

Shared letters muted; letters that set somar and sujar apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
somar
5 ch
sujar

Corpus notes: somar and sujar

somar and sujar 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29198, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

somar is recorded at frequency rank #11,551, classified as averb. sujar is at rank #17,647, tagged as averb, pronounced /su.ˈʒaɾ/.

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 29198, this pair ranks #39,505 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of somar vs sujar

Shared letters: ars. Private to "somar": mo. Private to "sujar": ju.

"somar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "sujar" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • somarosmar · smoar · soamr · somarr · sommar · somra · ssomar
  • sujarsjuar · ssujar · suajr · sujarr · sujjar · sujra · usjar

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "somar" and "sujar" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "somar" or "sujar"?
"somar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,551 in our Portuguese list, against #17,647 for "sujar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "somar" vs "sujar" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "somar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sujar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #39,505 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "somar" and "sujar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sudan vs sujar". 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 #39,505 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