Which to use
“somos” is a verb and “sós” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #448
- “somos” frequency rank
- #16,887
- “sós” frequency rank
- 17335
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | somos | sós |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | primeira pessoa do plural do presente do indicativo do verbo ser | plural de só |
Letter map: somos vs sós
Shared letters muted; letters that set somos and sós apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Grammar separator: somos vs sós
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: somos is averb and sósanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17335, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
somos is recorded at frequency rank #448, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈso.mos/. 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 17335, this pair ranks #53,940 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of somos vs sós
Shared letters: s. Private to "somos": mo. Private to "sós": ó.
"somos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "sós" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- somos ← osmos · smoos · sommos · somoss · somso · sooms · ssomos
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "somos" 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 #53,940 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "somos" and "sós" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soap vs sós". 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 #53,940 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.