Which to use
“ste” is a verb and “Sure” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,242
- “ste” frequency rank
- #33,629
- “Sure” frequency rank
- 69871
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ste | Sure |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | segunda pessoa do plural do futuro do indicativo do verbo byť | surata |
Letter map: ste vs Sure
Shared letters muted; letters that set ste and Sure apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for ste / Sure
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ste is averb and Sureanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69871, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ste is recorded at frequency rank #36,242, classified as averb. Sure is at rank #33,629, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈzuːrə/.
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 69871, this pair ranks #3,817 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ste vs Sure
Shared letters: es. Private to "ste": t. Private to "Sure": ru.
"ste" · 3 letters · shape CCV · "Sure" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- Sure ← srue · ssure · suer · surre · usre
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ste" and "Sure" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "ste" or "Sure"?
After this comparison
You've compared "ste" and "Sure". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "ste" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Sure" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #3,817 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ste" and "Sure" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sau vs ste". 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 #3,817 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.