SrivssuaConfusable pair

Quick tell: Sri is a noun, sua is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#9,109
“Sri” frequency rank
#32
“sua” frequency rank
9141
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Sri sua
Definition título honorífico adicionado na frente de nomes de metres religiosos, sobretudo da Índia ou de práticas indianas, como o yoga; senhor, mestre que tem você como objeto

Letter map: Sri vs sua

Shared letters muted; letters that set Sri and sua apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
Sri
3 ch
sua

Role in the sentence - Sri and sua

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Sri is anoun and suaanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9141, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Sri is recorded at frequency rank #9,109, classified as anoun. sua is at rank #32, tagged as anadj.

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 9141, this pair ranks #64,397 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Sri vs sua

Shared letters: s. Private to "Sri": ir. Private to "sua": au.

"Sri" · 3 letters · shape CCV  ·  "sua" · 3 letters · shape CVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Sri" and "sua" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Sri" is a noun and "sua" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "Sri" or "sua" show up more?
"sua" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32 in our Portuguese list, against #9,109 for "Sri". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Sri" and "sua".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Sri" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "sua" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #64,397 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Sri" and "sua" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sau vs Sri". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #64,397 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