spotvssuporWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: spot is a noun, supor is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“spot” is a noun and “supor” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#19,856
“spot” frequency rank
#13,186
“supor” frequency rank
33042
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature spot supor
Definition mancha Admitir uma hipótese.

Letter map: spot vs supor

Shared letters muted; letters that set spot and supor apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. spot runs 4 letters (CCVC) against supor's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
spot
5 ch
supor

Role in the sentence - spot and supor

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: spot is anoun and suporaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33042, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

spot is recorded at frequency rank #19,856, classified as anoun. supor is at rank #13,186, tagged as averb, pronounced /su.ˈpoɾ/.

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 33042, this pair ranks #34,591 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of spot vs supor

Shared letters: ops. Private to "spot": t. Private to "supor": ru.

"spot" · 4 letters · shape CCVC  ·  "supor" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • spot ← psot · sopt · spott · sppot · spto · sspot
  • supor ← spuor · ssupor · suopr · suporr · suppor · supro · uspor

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "spot" and "supor" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "spot" is a noun and "supor" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "spot" or "supor"?
"supor" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,186 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.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "spot" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "supor" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #34,591 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "spot" and "supor" 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 #34,591 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