sós vs sósia, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“sós” is an adjective and “sósia” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#16,887
“sós” frequency rank: #35,794
“sósia” frequency rank: 52681
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	sós	sósia
Definition	plural de só	pessoa que é muito parecida com outra

Letter map: sós vs sósia

Shared letters muted; letters that set sós and sósia apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. sós runs 3 letters (CVC) against sósia's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch

sós

5 ch

sósia

Grammar separator: sós vs sósia

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sós is anadjective and sósiaanoun. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “sós” sits inside “sósia”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52681, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sós is recorded at frequency rank #16,887, classified as anadj. sósia is at rank #35,794, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈsɔ.zjɐ/.

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 52681, this pair ranks #12,589 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of sós vs sósia

Shared letters: só. Private to "sós": -. Private to "sósia": ai.

"sós" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "sósia" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "sós" and "sósia" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sós" is an adjective and "sósia" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary Portuguese text, does "sós" or "sósia" show up more?

"sós" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,887 in our Portuguese list, against #35,794 for "sósia". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "sós" and "sósia". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "sós" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "sósia" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #12,589 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"sós" and "sósia" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soir vs sósia". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #12,589 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.