sportvssuporteWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: sport is a adjective, suporte is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#4,958
“sport” frequency rank
#2,853
“suporte” frequency rank
7811
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sport suporte
Definition esportivo, desportivo, esporte ajuda, apoio, escora

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set sport and suporte apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

5 ch
sport
7 ch
suporte

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sport is anadjective and suporteanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7811, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sport is recorded at frequency rank #4,958, classified as anadj. suporte is at rank #2,853, tagged as anoun, pronounced /su.ˈpɔɾ.tɨ/.

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 7811, this pair ranks #66,229 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of sport vs suporte

Shared letters: oprst. Private to "sport": -. Private to "suporte": eu.

"sport" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC  ·  "suporte" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sportpsort · soprt · sporrt · sportt · spotr · spport · sprot · ssport
  • suportespuorte · ssuporte · suoprte · suporet · suporrte · suportte · supotre · supporte

Frequency comparison

sport#4,958
suporte#2,853

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "sport" and "suporte" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sport" is an adjective and "suporte" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "sport" or "suporte"?
"suporte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,853 in our Portuguese list, against #4,958 for "sport". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering sport vs suporte

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “sport”; for a noun, it's “suporte”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “sport” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list