starvssuaTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#3,645
“star” frequency rank
#32
“sua” frequency rank
3677
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature star sua
Definition estrela que tem você como objeto

Letter map: star vs sua

Shared letters muted; letters that set star and sua apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
star
3 ch
sua

Part-of-speech tell for star / sua

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: star is anoun and suaanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3677, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

star is recorded at frequency rank #3,645, classified as anoun, pronounced /stɑ:ʳ/ ouvir^(fonte ?). 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 3677, this pair ranks #71,420 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of star vs sua

Shared letters: as. Private to "star": rt. Private to "sua": u.

"star" · 4 letters · shape CCVC  ·  "sua" · 3 letters · shape CVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • starsatr · sstar · starr · stra · sttar · tsar

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "star" for "sua" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "star" is a noun and "sua" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "star" vs "sua" - which ranks higher?
"sua" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32 in our Portuguese list, against #3,645 for "star". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

You've compared "star" and "sua". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "star" 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 #71,420 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "star" and "sua" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soap vs star". 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 #71,420 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