startvssuarWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#12,562
“start” frequency rank
#22,808
“suar” frequency rank
35370
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature start suar
Definition ver estarte transpirar, emitir suor pelos poros da pele

Letter map: start vs suar

Shared letters muted; letters that set start and suar apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
start
4 ch
suar

Part-of-speech tell for start / suar

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: start is anoun and suaraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35370, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

start is recorded at frequency rank #12,562, classified as anoun. suar is at rank #22,808, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈswaɾ/.

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 35370, this pair ranks #31,682 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of start vs suar

Shared letters: ars. Private to "start": t. Private to "suar": u.

"start" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC  ·  "suar" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • startsatrt · sstart · starrt · startt · statr · strat · sttart · tsart
  • suarsaur · ssuar · suarr

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "start" for "suar" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "start" is a noun and "suar" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "start" or "suar" show up more?
"start" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,562 in our Portuguese list, against #22,808 for "suar". 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 "start" and "suar".

  • Full dictionary entry for "start" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "suar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #31,682 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "start" and "suar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "soap vs suar". 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 #31,682 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