Which to use
“sósia” and “sutiã” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,794
- “sósia” frequency rank
- #12,780
- “sutiã” frequency rank
- 48574
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sósia | sutiã |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | pessoa que é muito parecida com outra | peça do vestuário feminino que serve para dar suporte, modelar ou cobrir os seios |
Where the eye mixes sósia and sutiã
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. sósia and sutiã follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: sósia vs sutiã
A purely visual mix-up. sósia (/ˈsɔ.zjɐ/) and sutiã (/su.tʃi.ˈɐ̃/, /su.ˈt͡ʃjɐ̃/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48574, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sósia is recorded at frequency rank #35,794, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈsɔ.zjɐ/. sutiã is at rank #12,780, tagged as anoun, pronounced /su.tʃi.ˈɐ̃/, /su.ˈt͡ʃjɐ̃/.
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 48574, this pair ranks #16,599 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of sósia vs sutiã
Shared letters: is. Private to "sósia": aó. Private to "sutiã": tuã.
"sósia" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "sutiã" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "sósia" for "sutiã" ever safe?
Frequency check: "sósia" vs "sutiã" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "sósia" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sutiã" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #16,599 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sósia" and "sutiã" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soir vs sósia". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #16,599 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.