sósiavssutiãConfusable pair

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.

5 ch
sósia
5 ch
sutiã

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?
No. They are said differently (/ˈsɔ.zjɐ/ versus /su.tʃi.ˈɐ̃/, /su.ˈt͡ʃjɐ̃/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "sósia" vs "sutiã" - which ranks higher?
"sutiã" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,780 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

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list