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Which to use

“spot” and “suor” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#19,856
“spot” frequency rank
#10,091
“suor” frequency rank
29947
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature spot suor
Definition mancha líquido segregado pelas glândulas da pele

Letter map: spot vs suor

Shared letters muted; letters that set spot and suor apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
spot
4 ch
suor

Spelling & dictionary notes on spot vs suor

spot and suor are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29947, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

spot is recorded at frequency rank #19,856, classified as anoun. suor is at rank #10,091, tagged as anoun, pronounced /su.ˈɔɾ/.

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 29947, this pair ranks #38,550 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of spot vs suor

Shared letters: os. Private to "spot": pt. Private to "suor": ru.

"spot" · 4 letters · shape CCVC  ·  "suor" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • spotpsot · sopt · spott · sppot · spto · sspot
  • suorsour · ssuor · suorr · suro · usor

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "spot" and "suor" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "spot" vs "suor" - which ranks higher?
"suor" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,091 in our Portuguese list, against #19,856 for "spot". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "spot" and "suor".

  • Full dictionary entry for "spot" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "suor" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #38,550 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "spot" and "suor" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "skol vs spot". 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 #38,550 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